The objectives of the current study were to determine the amounts of aboveand below-ground plant biomass production, P uptake by forage, and P concentration of cool-season grass forage as influenced by management and season. Five forage management treatments were evaluated over 3 years in smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss) pastures. Management practices were: ungrazed (U), hay harvest/fal...

The impact was studied of buffer pH (5.8, 6.2, and 6.8) on in vitro digestion kinetics of NDF from alfalfa hay, bromegrass hay, corn silage, and alfalfa and bromegrass hays with raw corn starch added to approximate a ration containing 30% NDF. Ash-free NDF was determined at 0, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, 72, and 96 h of fermentation. Kinetic parameters were estimated by nonlinear regression usin...

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has recently become a potentially valuable and reliable tool for analyses of plant samples in forage-breeding programs. The success of NIRS is dependent on identification of appropriate and reliable selection criteria and development of reliable calibration. The objectives of this study were to develop and compare NIRS analysis equations for the in ...

Although Brahman crosses constitute a large portion of US beef cattle, little information is available on their response to diverse feed resources compared with Bos taurus steers. Thus, the objectives were to evaluate genotype and diet effects on steer performance during the growing period and subsequent response to a high grain diet during the finishing period. Fifty-one steers [0 (15), 1/4 (2...

Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (CDDGS) supplementation of Augustcalving cows or calves in a winter grazing system was evaluated. In two years, ‘Fawn’ endophyte-free tall fescue forage in six 4.04-ha pastures was stockpiled from mid-August. In mid-November, 24 pregnant, mature, August-calving Simmental x Angus cows (mean BW = 676 ± 2.6 and 669 ± 2.6 kg; mean BCS = 6.0 ± 0.05 and 6.2 ...

A 2-gram fresh weight inoculum of bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss. culture BG970) cell suspension culture treated with 7.5 x 10(-5) molar abscisic acid (ABA) for 7 days at 25 degrees C survived slow cooling to -60 degrees C. Over 80% of the cells in ABA treated cultures survived immersion in liquid N(2) after slow cooling to -40 or -60 degrees C. In contrast, a 6-gram fresh weight inoculum onl...

Interseeding annual warm-season grasses may increase forage and pasture productivity. From 2017 to 2019, we conducted a grazing experiment that examined smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.) responses interseeding sorghum-sudangrass [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × S. ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan]. The had split-plot design with six main plots each containing two, 0.60-ha ...