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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"rotational stocking"”.
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Evaluation of hay-type and grazing tolerant alfalfa cultivars in season-long or complementary rotational stocking systems for beef cows
… forage and cow-calf production were evaluated on rotationally stocked pastures in either a season-long or complementary system. In 1997, six 2.02 hectare pastures were seeded with smooth bromegrass (SB), a mixture of a grazing tolerant (GT) alfalfa and SB, or a mixture of a hay-type (HT) alfalfa …
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Mob stocking effects on herbage nutritive value, herbage accumulation, and plant species composition
Mob stocking is a variation of rotational stocking known for restricting a large number of animals to a small area before being moved to new grass after a few hours. This method allows a long (90-day) recovery period but was hypothesized to diminish the nutritional value of herbage relative to …
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Economic Pasture-Based Cow-Calf Systems for Appalachia
… 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 and rest on forage mass and quality measurements were investigated. The …
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Evaluation of the Persistence of Grazing Alfalfa Varieties
… were evaluated to determine their response to rotational stocking by dairy cows. The varieties, Southern States Graze King, WL 324, Garst 645 II, WL 325 HQ, ABT 405, and Spredor III were established March 29, 2000 and harvested three times for hay throughout the year. Grazing was begun in April …
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Management and Livestock Performance of Alfalfa-Tall Fescue Mixed Stands
… Forty-eight Angus or Angus crossbred steers were rotationally stocked on a four-replicate alfalfa-tall fescue and N-fertilized tall fescue pasture system during 2002 and 2003. Livestock gain, forage quality, and forage production were monitored throughout the seasons. Management treatments …