A forage loading assembly substitutes a large reciprocating piston for the traditionally employed auger to impel and compact the forage into a huge bag. In an intermediate but simultaneous action, the forage is brought by a conveyor to the site of a preliminary rotable impelling assembly which transfers it horizontally to a point within the pathway of a piston. The bottom of the conveyor is suspended to avoid being dragging along the ground during widely recognized forward creeping assembly phenomenon.