Definition of Haylage

1. Noun. Grass (often cut longer than for silage) partially dried and ensiled to exclude air, or plastic-wrapped in large bales. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haylage

1. a type of hay [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haylage

hayduk
hayduks
haye
hayed
hayer
hayers
hayey
hayfever
hayfield
hayfields
hayfork
hayforks
haying
haying time
hayings
haylage (current term)
haylages
hayle
hayles
haylift
haylifts
haylike
hayloft
haylofts
haymaker
haymakers
haymaking
haymakings
haymow
haymows

Literary usage of Haylage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"Holstein and crossbred steers fed alfalfa haylage had significantly lower average daily gain, feed efficiency, dressing percentage, and empty body fat and ..."

2. Management Guidelines for Efficient Sheep Production by G. E. Ricketts (1993)
"If high-quality legume hay (at least 17 percent CP) or haylage is fed, ... When poor-quality hay or haylage is fed, or when corn silage is fed, ..."

3. Global Trends in the Dairy Industry: Outlook for the Baltics by SourceOECD (Online service), OECD Staff, Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2002)
"Only economically strong dairy farms can balance fodder properly (to make enough haylage, corn silage, rape-cake). It is the opinion of the co-operative ..."

4. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Parturient hypocalcemia in Jersey cows fed alfalfa haylage- based diets with different cation to anión ratios. J. Dairy Sci. 72:2525- 2531. ..."

5. BST edited by Jean A. Larson (1995)
"Diets contained corn silage, alfalfa haylage, and ground corn. Supplemental CP was soybean meal for the control diet or a combination of soybean meal, ..."

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