A forage bale feed apparatus 10 comprises a chassis 20； feed-out means comprising a feed-out roller 26, a drive motor 34 arranged to rotate the feed-out roller, conveying means 42 for urging a bale towards said feed-out roller as the size of a bale diminishes. The feed-out roller is located at a feed-out region 40, and the conveying means is orientated such that the end of the conveying means proximate the feed-out region is elevated. The apparatus further comprises a spreader tool adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed-out roller, wherein the spreader comprises a roller having an axis about which the roller rotates. The spreader roller has radially extending tines which spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor 35 arranged to rotate the spreader roller, wherein the feed-out roller and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions.
