Forages that accumulate excessive molybdenum (Mo) from excessive land application of Mo can cause molybdenosis, a copper (Cu) induced deficiency in ruminants. Limited information is available on the effect of land-applied biosolids, Mo content, and quality of winter wheat forage (Triticum aestivum L.). The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the effect of biosolids application on tis...

Forage availability is sometimes limited because of poor growing conditions or because of insufficient land base on individual farms. In addition, forage fiber can limit feed intake, particularly for high producing cows, and forage quality is highly variable. Therefore, there is continual interest in alternatives to forages in diets for dairy cows. Decreasing the forage content of diets require...

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is used as medicinal plant in many Asian countries and has been reported to have forage quality similar to alfalfa. Fenugreek is an annual crop and may have the potential to diversify forage production systems in the central High Plains. This study evaluated forage dry matter (DM) production and the nutritive value of three fenugreek cultivars as influen...

Silvopasture is the intentional integration of trees, forages, and livestock. Benefits this agroforestry practice include shade for livestock, nutritious forage, reduced wind speed in pastures, as well ecosystem services tree products. The literature indicate that some livestock producers are interested silvopasture, but little known about their establishment preferences if they vary by demogra...

Early successional habitat (ESH) is important for many wildlife species. Over the past century, land use changes have caused ESH to decline in hardwood forests of the eastern United States. Because of the decline of ESH and ESH dependent wildlife, ESH has recently received increased attention from land managers and scientists. Bats, which utilize ESH for foraging, are also a conservation concer...

Hedgerows and woody strips have been used to enclose fields but declined due to the loss of a direct economic value, abandonment of traditional management techniques and agricultural intensification. Nowadays, shrubs and trees on pastures are promoted again through environment-friendly policies and the interest in using them as forage for ruminant increases in both temperate and tropical ecosys...

The sorghum-sudangrass hybrid (Sorghum bicolor x S. sudanense) is an important forage crop. However, little is known about the genetic mechanisms related to forage yield and the 4 forage yield component traits in this forage crop. In this study, a linkage map was constructed with 124 assigned SSR markers using an F2 mapping population derived from the crossing of sorghum Tx623A and sudangrass S...

Agroforestry is considered a means to provide sustainable and productive agriculture. This work aims study the effect of fruit-grass agroforestry patterns on soil moisture, salinity, growth, yield fruit trees, as well reference for development complex systems in Northwest China. The has been designed with two cropping patterns: monocropped apple apple-ryegrass intercropping. results showed that...

Bird populations in North America's grasslands have declined sharply in recent decades. These declines are traceable, in large part, to habitat loss, but management of tallgrass prairie also has an impact. An indirect source of decline potentially associated with management is brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), which has had substantial negative impacts on many passe...

Each region has its own floristic characteristics relative to geographical position. The specificity of the vegetation and particularities each flora require knowledge beekeeping determine forage supply for bees. Where, production in Fray Mamerto Esquiú department (Catamarca, Argentina) is based on diversity plant species place, composed native flora, natural forest different types crops (forag...