Based on this preliminary study, fresh MO forage (DM content, 180 g/kg) from the 2nd harvest (August 15, 2014) was premixed for 10 min in a mixing wagon (Lachish IndustriesLTD, Sderot, Israel) with chopped wheat hay and sugar cane molasses(at DM ratio of 370:540:90, respectively) and loaded into a compression chamber by a conveyor belt. The compressed bales were then lowered on to a rotating tray and wrapped with 8–9 layers of stretch polyethylene UV resistant film, 32 m thickness (Poleg Industries, Kibbutz Gevim, Israel) as previously described (Weinberg et al., 2011).