Stockpiled Forage Kochia to Maintain Beef Cows During Winter
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Stockpiled Forage Kochia to Maintain Beef Cows During Winter
Extending grazing into the winter, as opposed to feeding of harvested forages, can increase the sustainability of ranching in the western US. This study was conducted to determine the economic value of grazing stockpiled forage kochia (Kochia prostrata [L.] Scrad.) and crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum [Fisch. Ex Link] Schultes) during the fall and winter. Changes in cow body weight, bod...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rangeland Ecology & Management
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1550-7424
DOI: 10.2111/05-121r1.1