Forage accumulation and nutritive value of four peanut (<scp><i>Arachis hypogaea</i></scp> L.) market types in the US Southern Great Plains

FORAGE & GRAZING LANDS Forage Production and Nutritive Value of Selected Pigeonpea Ecotypes in the Southern Great Plains

for use in sustainable forage-livestock production systems in the southern Great Plain region. Stocker cattle production in portions of southern Great Plains Pigeonpea is a summer legume crop grown for grain depends on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and warm-season perennial grasses. Nutrient supply is limited in both quantity and quality from in the tropics and subtropics. The crop ranks sixth i...

Capabilities of Four Novel Warm-Season Legumes in the Southern Great Plains: Biomass and Forage Quality

Grain (pulse) legumes could provide high nitrogen (N), late summer forage for stocker cattle in the southern Great Plains (SGP). This study evaluated the forage yield and nutritive value of tropical annual legumes that were relatively uncommon in the SGP, at a site (35°40' N, 98°00' W) in central Oklahoma. Included were cultivars of pigeon pea ([Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.], cv. GA-2), guar ([Cy...

Defining Forage Quality Subtitle: Nutritive Value of Southern Forages

Potential Grain and Forage Production of Early Maturing Pigeonpea in the Southern Great Plains

byproducts may be available for incorporation into animal feeds (Whiteman and Norton, 1981). Pigeonpea Forage-based livestock production is a significant component of biomass and grain have been used as animal feed for the agricultural economy throughout the southern U.S. Great Plains. However, Livestock production in grazing systems is limited by low centuries by Indian farmers (Whyte et al.,1...

A comparison of native tallgrass prairie and plains bluestem forage systems for cow-calf production in the southern great plains.

The objective of this study was to compare an introduced warm-season perennial grass (plains bluestem, Bothriochloa ischaemum) to native tallgrass prairie for cow-calf production. Three systems were used, two based on tallgrass prairie with two different forms of protein supplementation and one based on plains bluestem as the primary forage. The systems were as follows: 1) native tallgrass prai...