Steer Nutritional Response to Intensive-Early Stocking on Shortgrass Rangeland

Stocking rate effects on intensive-early stocked Flint Hills bluestem range

Stocking rate effects on intensive-early stocked Kansas Flint Hills range were studied from 1982 tbrougb 1987. Rates were 2X, 2.5X, and 3X normal season-long stocking rates for 200-225 kg steers. Study design was a randomized complete block witb 2 replicates. Grass and forb standing crop (kg/ha) were estimated at the time of livestock removal (mid July) and again in early October. Plant bas81 c...

CNE Quiz: Simulation Training in Early Emergency Response (STEER).

Modeling weather and stocking rate effects on forage and steer production in northern mixed-grass prairie

Stocking rate (SR) is the primary management factor that influences livestock gains, plant community changes and forage production, as well as economic returns for livestock producers. More effective stocking decision making by ranchers in the semi-arid northern mixed-grass prairie requires clearly understanding forage production and yearling steer weight gain (SWG) responses to SR and high wea...

Dairy Farmer Profitability Using Intensive Rotational Stocking

Heifer Performance Under Two Stocking Rates on Fourwing Saltbush-Dominated Rangeland

The efficiency of livestock production in shortgrass steppe may be increased by grazing fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens [Pursh] Nutt)-dominated rangeland in late fall and/or early spring, but there is a paucity of information concerning stocking rates and animal gains. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of light and moderate stocking rates on weight gains of heifers gr...