Download or read book Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures written by Monte Rouquette Jr. and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. - Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints - Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures - Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. - Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health - Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability - Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability

Download or read book Forage Systems for Beef Cattle written by Charles A. Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beef Forage Research Progress Report written by David W. Parvin and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Developing Year round Forage Systems for Beef Cattle in Eastern Kansas written by Robert Ernest Welty and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forages Volume 2 written by Kenneth J. Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th Edition, Volume II will extensively evaluate the current knowledge and information on forage agriculture. Chapters written by leading researchers and authorities in grassland agriculture are aggregated under section themes, each one representing a major topic within grassland science and agriculture. This 7th edition will include two new additional chapters covering all aspects of forage physiology in three separate chapters, instead of one in previous editions. Chapters will be updated throughout to include new information that has developed since the last edition. This new edition of the classic reference serves as a comprehensive supplement to An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Volume I.

Download or read book Simulation Of Beef Cattle Production Systems And Its Use In Economic Analysis written by Thomas H Spreen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic analysis of beef cattle production has been limited by the inability to fully describe the underlying production process. Except for confined feeding of cattle, beef cattle production is the process of growing cattle who consume forages. The animal and the forage possess attributes of both factors and products of production. The production of forage constitutes one production process, animal growth is another production process, and reproduction by female animals is a third production process. Cattle production involves all three processes in such a manner that each influences the outcome of the other. Each process is itself complex and analysis is further complicated when all three are considered simultaneously.

Download or read book Evaluation of Forage Systems Using Beef Cattle in Mississippi written by Saeb Omar and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Model for Selecting Forage Systems for Cow calf Operations in Piedmont South Carolina written by William H. Amspacher and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forage Systems For Beef Cows and Calves in Piedmont written by Carl S. Hoveland and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle written by Subcommittee on Beef Cattle Nutrition and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-05-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As members of the public becomes more concious of the food they consume and its content, higher standards are expected in the preparation of such food. The updated seventh edition of Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle explores the impact of cattle's biological, production, and environmental diversities, as well as variations on nutrient utilization and requirements. More enhanced than previous editions, this edition expands on the descriptions of cattle and their nutritional requirements taking management and environmental conditions into consideration. The book clearly communicates the current state of beef cattle nutrient requirements and animal variation by visually presenting related data via computer-generated models. Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle expounds on the effects of beef cattle body condition on the state of compensatory growth, takes an in-depth look at the variations in cattle type, and documents the important effects of the environment and stress on food intake. This volume also uses new data on the development of a fetus during pregnancy to prescribe nutrient requirements of gestating cattle more precisely. By focusing on factors such as product quality and environmental awareness, Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle presents standards and advisements for acceptable nutrients in a complete and conventional manner that promotes a more practical understanding and application.

Download or read book Beef Cattle Sheep and Forage Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Forage and Beef Systems in South Central Texas written by Don L. Parks and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Management intensive Grazing written by Jim Gerrish and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using vivid images and detailed explanations, Gerrish takes graziers step by step through the MiG system. He begins from the ground up with the soil, and advances through the management of pastures and animals. Written for those new to MiG grazing, Gerrish's insight and personal experience can help experienced graziers fine tune their grazing operations for added income.

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Forage Systems and Beef Production in East Texas written by Kenneth Ray Poenisch and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crops Carcass Cash written by Jim Cavaye and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to efficient cattle production - using forage crops such as oats, forage sorghum and forage millet - for students, practitioners and those associated with agribusiness. Covers topics such as the place of forage crops in whole-production systems, ways to maximise the growth and use of crops, and grazing management. Emphasises the need to produce a premium carcass targeted to market specifications. Includes a glossary.

Download or read book Coping with Drought in Beef Cattle Production written by Katelynn Elizabeth Zechiel and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drought conditions have had detrimental effects on beef cattle production in the southeastern states where forages are the primary source of feed for livestock. Many southeastern states lie within the fescue-belt, where tall fescue is the predominant livestock forage. Tall fescue is a cool-season (CS) grass that thrives in the cooler temperatures of spring and fall, becoming semi-dormant during peak summer temperatures and again in winter. Conversely, warm-season (WS) forage species increase in production during the summer months and exhibit drought tolerant qualities, making them a viable summer forage option to complement tall fescue for beef cattle producers. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate various WS forage options and how they can help producers cope with drought. To accomplish this objective, a side-by-side comparison of five WS grasses were evaluated for production, nutrient density, and animal performance. The five WS grasses analyzed were: switchgrass (SW), eastern gamagrass (EG), big bluestem and Indiangrass mixture (BBI), bermudagrass (BG), and crabgrass (CG). This study was conducted over three years (2014, 2015, and 2016) at two locations: Ames Plantation Research and Education Center (APREC), and Highland Rim Research and Education Center (HRREC). To analyze animal performance, four heifers were placed on 1.2-ha paddocks with three replications per treatment. All test heifers were fed an equilibrium diet at the beginning and end of the grazing trial to help decrease variation in gut fill. The put-and-take method was used with additional heifers to help maintain targeted forage heights. Data was analyzed with SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.) using the mixed model analysis of variance. When comparing the 5 species of forage, average daily gains (kg/day) were 0.62, 0.41, 0.44, 0.42, and 0.51, BBI, BG, CG, EG, and SW; respectively. Grazing days (days/ha) were 412, 459, 455, 664, and 617, BBI, BG, CG, EG, and SW; respectively. Total gain per ha (kg/ha) were 259, 186, 200, 276, and 315, BBI, BG, CG, EG, and SW; respectively. Grazing WS grasses during the summer months can be a complementary tool to producers grazing cattle on CS grasses.

Download or read book Beef Cattle Performance and Forage Characteristics as Influenced by Grazing Management Systems written by Brian Scot Bertelsen and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: