Mefluidide effects on smooth brome composition and grazing cow-calf performance.

Evaluation of hay-type and grazing-tolerant alfalfa cultivars in season-long or complementary rotational stocking systems for beef cows.

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) persistence and forage and cow-calf production were evaluated on pastures containing smooth bromegrass with or without grazing-tolerant or hay-type alfalfa cultivars rotationally stocked in either a season-long or complementary system. In 1997, six 2.02-ha pastures were seeded with smooth bromegrass, a mixture of a grazing-tolerant alfalfa (Amerigraze variety) and s...

Influence of grazing cattle and sheep together and separately on animal performance and forage quality.

Cattle and sheep grazed together and separately from April to October during 3 yr. Initial forage composition was 29% Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), 11% white clover (Trifolium repens L.), and 60% weeds. There were six Angus cow-calf pairs or six ewes (1/2 Dorset x 1/4 Finn x 1/4 Rambouillet) with 11 lambs per each of three pasture replications for single animal species. Six cow-calf pa...

Effect of Treating Tall Fescue Pasture with Mefluidide on Performance of Grazing Steers

Effects of breeding date, weaning date, and grazing season length on profitability of cow-calf production systems in southeastern Montana.

Production data from 11 southeastern Montana ranches were used to parameterize a bio-economic computer model of cow/calf range production. Effects of changes in breeding date, weaning date, and range removal date on system performance for a ranch with a fixed forage resource base (3,060 animal unit months of range forage and 744 t of hay) were simulated. Input costs were locally established in ...

Effect of supplemental summer mineral containing Aureomycin for Anaplasmosis control or Rumensin for feed efficiency on beef cowherd performance

Mineral supplements to the cowherd during summer grazing are an important management practice to improve cow and calf health and performance. Mineral supplements provided to the cowherd can contain Aureomycin for the control of active anaplasmosis infections or Rumensin to improve feed efficiency and coccidiosis control. This study compared the effects of supplying a mineral supplement containi...