Where cutting was delayed until 3pm, grass again reached 30% DM in five hours if tedded immediately after cutting, but required a full 23 hours to reach this if not tedded until the following morning.

The lighter crop (about 12t freshweight/ha), cut at 1pm, reached 24% DM in just four hours when tedded immediately, while if left untedded it had not reached 20% DM even after 20 hours. The ...

Grass was cut last September (the average day and night temperature was 13.1C) and crops were either left in rows, tedded immediately, or tedded twice. Results Rain, not forecast, meant neither ...