C ase S tudy : Supplementation of cow-calf pairs grazing smooth bromegrass pastures with ethanol by-products and low-quality forages
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Forages and Pastures: Grazing and Forage Management
Pastures located on southern Iowa cow/calf farms, from 8 to 125 ha in size, were used to evaluate the effects of microclimate, shade, botanical composition, and other pasture characteristics influencing the temporal/ spatial distribution of cattle within and outside streamside zones of pastures. Cows were Angus and Angus-cross on 4 of the farms, and Mexican Corriente on the remaining farm. Duri...
متن کاملForages and Pastures: Grazing and Forage Management
The objective of this study was to compare summer annuals for fall and winter grazing on irrigated pastures in the Intermountain West. The cool desert areas of this region have short growing seasons (≤120 d) with high daytime temperatures and cool nights resulting in sufficent growing degree days, but impaired production on cool season forages during late summer. Five species were planted in Ca...
متن کاملASAS/ADSA Forages and Pastures: Grazing and Alternative Forages
An experiment was conducted to determine animal performance and gain/ha of beef steers (mean initial wt.: 241 kg) grazing a conventional sorghum x sudan hybrid (C) versus its near isogenic brown midrib (BMR) variety. The experiment was conducted during the summers of 1999 and 2000 in the Texas Panhandle. During both summers 8 pasture plots (2.2 ha) were blocked by location and randomly assigned...
متن کاملASAS/ADSA Forages and Pastures: Grazing
of association directors revealed common reasons for volunteering were: enjoy working with youth and horses and a desire to contribute back to a program, which benefited them. Some of the challenges listed included trying to keep program costs minimal for leaders and youth, personal expense when attending association activities, and improving communication. Overall, directors consider the assoc...
متن کاملGrazing cow and calf responses to zinc supplementation.
This experiment evaluated weight gain responses to supplemental Zn by cows and calves grazing forage containing less than 20 ppm Zn. One hundred cow-calf pairs in each of 2 years and 120 paird in a third year were pastured together over a 63- to 77-day preliminary period during which cows were exposed to bulls. Each experimental period began in mid-June after bulls were removed and continued fo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Professional Animal Scientist
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1080-7446
DOI: 10.15232/pas.2017-01612