A forage bale feed out apparatus comprising: a chassis arranged to be operatively mounted on or in association with a vehicle in use; feed out means comprising a feed out roller having an axis of rotational symmetry (R') about which the feed out roller is arranged to rotate, a drive motor arranged to rotate the feed out roller , conveying means 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 , and wherein the conveying means is orientated such that the end of the conveying means proximate the feed out region is elevated towards the axis of rotational symmetry (R') of the feed out roller , further comprising a spreader tool (T) adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed out roller at the feed out region , wherein the spreader tool (T) comprises a spreader roller having an axis of rotational symmetry (R") about which the spreader roller is arranged to rotate, the spreader roller having radially extending tines at intervals, where the tines cooperate in use to spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor arranged to rotate the spreader roller , and wherein the feed out roller and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions, wherein the conveying means is a chain conveyor, wherein said chain conveyor is substantially flat along a major portion of its length and characterised in that said chain conveyor is arranged to elevate from a lowest point of the conveyor to a highest point, the highest point being located above the substantially flat portion of the conveyor, being above the location of the axes of rotational symmetry of the feed out roller (R') and the spreader roller (R"), and being proximate the feed out region . a chassis arranged to be operatively mounted on or in association with a vehicle in use; feed out means comprising a feed out roller having an axis of rotational symmetry (R') about which the feed out roller is arranged to rotate, a drive motor arranged to rotate the feed out roller , conveying means 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 , and wherein the conveying means is orientated such that the end of the conveying means proximate the feed out region is elevated towards the axis of rotational symmetry (R') of the feed out roller , further comprising a spreader tool (T) adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed out roller at the feed out region , wherein the spreader tool (T) comprises a spreader roller having an axis of rotational symmetry (R") about which the spreader roller is arranged to rotate, the spreader roller having radially extending tines at intervals, where the tines cooperate in use to spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor arranged to rotate the spreader roller , and wherein the feed out roller and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions, wherein the conveying means is a chain conveyor, wherein said chain conveyor is substantially flat along a major portion of its length and characterised in that said chain conveyor is arranged to elevate from a lowest point of the conveyor to a highest point, the highest point being located above the substantially flat portion of the conveyor, being above the location of the axes of rotational symmetry of the feed out roller (R') and the spreader roller (R"), and being proximate the feed out region . <EOS>