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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"forage mass"”.
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Estimating forage mass of tall fescue pastures and dry matter intake and digestibility of fescue forage by beef steers
… to evaluate different methods of estimating forage mass of tall fescue pastures, and dry matter intake and digestibility in beef steers under indoor and grazing conditions. Forage mass was estimated with the herbage cutting method (HCM) and three indirect methods; the pasture capacitance …
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Influence of grazing sheep and cattle together and separately on soils, plants and animals
… rate, seasonal distribution of cool-season forages and varying nutritional requirements of animals were examined. There were 6 cow-calf pairs or 6 ewes with 11 lambs per replication of cattle alone and sheep alone treatments. Six cows plus six ewes, with their offspring, were allotted to …
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Economic Pasture-Based Cow-Calf Systems for Appalachia
… for the vitality of the whole system. Samples of forage DM mass and CP, ADF, NDF, and ash contents in each paddock of a rotational stocking system were collected monthly for 4 grazing seasons. Effects of month, stockpiling, hay feeding, temperature, precipitation, and durations of paddock grazing …
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Effects of fescue cultivar on performance of beef cows grazed on summer stockpiled tall fescue pastures
… each yr (20 groups total, 10 per treatment). Forage growth was stockpiled from April until the initiation of strip-grazing on August 31 of 2017 and 2018. Cows grazed treatment pastures for 52 d from 23 ± 14 d prepartum to 29 ± 14 d postpartum, and calved on treatment pastures. Forage quadrats …
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Forage Production and Nutritive Value in a Temperate Appalachian Silvopasture
… value characteristics. Soil surface temperature, forage canopy temperature, soil moisture, and photosynthetically active radiation were measured to determine forage responses to field treatments as functions of resource allocation. Tree density had the greatest effect on forage production and …
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Effects of Black Walnut and Honey Locust on Forage Growth, Soil Water, and Soil Quality Indicators
… was to determine the interactions between forage and tree components of a silvopasture system. Two studies were performed on adjacent sites established in 1995 at Virginia Tech's Kentland Research Farm. The objectives of the studies were to: 1. Determine the influence of honey locust and …
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Phosphorus Losses from Simulated Dairy Mangement Intensive Grazing Forage System
… (P) loss from the Center through runoff and forage removal. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of forage type and manure density on P levels in runoff from release plots that simulated a MIG dairy system. Two forage treatments were planted on runoff release plots and …
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Influence of forage characteristics on grazing behavior of weaned steers
For Virginia, the primary forage base is endophyte-infected tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) Holub). However, the decreased animal performance and disorders caused by the presence of the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium coenophialum reduces its suitability for many forage-livestock producers. …
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Lamb performance, behavior, and body temperatures in hardwood silvopasture systems
Trees in silvopastures may provide forage-livestock systems with multiple goods and services, including shade, shelter, and browse. Reports of forage and animal productivity from these systems indicate that, in some cases, animal gains are similar or better despite lower forage yield. The …
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Supplementation Strategies for Growing and Finishing Beef Cattle on Tall Fescue Pastures in the Southeast
… and consistent rainfall allow for abundant forage production. Tall fescue dominated pastures in this region provide a high-quality forage source to support consistent cattle growth and production. Furthermore, the nearly year-round grazing potential serves as a cost-effective feed source. …