TY - JOUR AU - DePeters, Edward J. AU - Medrano, Juan F. AU - Bath, Donald L. AU - Harper, Donald P. TI - Cereal forage for dairy cattle JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1990/11/01 VL - 44 IS - 6 SP - 21 EP - 23 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v044n06p21 AB - Replacing part of a dairy cow's alfalfa forage with cereal silage in early lactation did not alter milk production, but the cow's dry matter intake was reduced. The more mature the cereal was when harvested as hay, the less digestible it became. Cereal silage can be used successfully in lactation rations if harvested at an early maturity.