Study on round rice straw bale wrapping silage technology and facilities

Liqiao Li,Xing Yang,Defu Wang

doi:10.25165/j.ijabe.20181104.2855

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Abstract

Study on round rice straw bale wrapping silage technology and facilities

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With an annual output up to 0.6-0.8 billion tons[1,2], the extremely abundant crop straw resources in China can be utilized as feeds, fuels, fertilizers and industrial raw materials, etc.[2,3] To be specific, when rice straws are utilized as feeds, the traditional way of loose outdoor stacking gives rise to deduction in nutrition ingredients and poor palatability[4]
In countries with developed animal husbandry, the round bale wrapping machine had begun to blossom in the 1980s
The major diameter and length of round bales, which can be wrapped by the wrapping machine, range from 1000 mm to 1500 mm

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Introduction

With an annual output up to 0.6-0.8 billion tons[1,2], the extremely abundant crop straw resources in China can be utilized as feeds, fuels, fertilizers and industrial raw materials, etc.[2,3] To be specific, when rice straws are utilized as feeds, the traditional way of loose outdoor stacking gives rise to deduction in nutrition ingredients (with a loss rate reaching 30%-50%) and poor palatability[4]. In countries with developed animal husbandry, the round bale wrapping machine had begun to blossom in the 1980s. The major diameter and length of round bales, which can be wrapped by the wrapping machine, range from 1000 mm to 1500 mm. Studies on the wrapping machine started relatively late in China, and existing wrapping devices are predominant by the small machine which cannot satisfy the wrapping demands of round bales obtained by the round baler available (major diameter/length between 500 mm and 1000 mm)[10]. The wrapping machines developed in foreign countries require large powers and higher prices so that it is less likely to meet the practical wrapping needs of round bales in China[10]. It is very necessary to develop wrapping machines applicable to meet the above mentioned needs

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