In each harvest, the MO forage (including leaves, soft twigs and thin branches) was harvested and chopped to at least 2- to 3-cm particle size using a John Deere combine harvester (9660 STS; John Deere, Moline, IL), loaded directly into trucks, delivered to Nahalal Feeding Center (29 miles distance) and weighed before ensiling. Forage yield of the entire field summarizing the four harvests of 2014 was 35 t DM/ha.