• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Journals and Magazines
    • Society for Range Management Journal Archives
    • Rangeland Ecology & Management / Journal of Range Management
    • Journal of Range Management, Volume 55 (2002)
    • Journal of Range Management, Volume 55, Number 1 (January 2002)
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Journals and Magazines
    • Society for Range Management Journal Archives
    • Rangeland Ecology & Management / Journal of Range Management
    • Journal of Range Management, Volume 55 (2002)
    • Journal of Range Management, Volume 55, Number 1 (January 2002)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of UA Campus RepositoryCommunitiesTitleAuthorsIssue DateSubmit DateSubjectsPublisherJournalThis CollectionTitleAuthorsIssue DateSubmit DateSubjectsPublisherJournal

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About

    AboutUA Faculty PublicationsUA DissertationsUA Master's ThesesUA Honors ThesesUA PressUA YearbooksUA CatalogsUA Libraries

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Windrow grazing and baled-hay feeding strategies for wintering calves

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    9683-9564-1-PB.pdf
    Size:
    1.047Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    Volesky, J. D.
    Adams, D. C.
    Clark, R. T.
    Issue Date
    2002-01-01
    Keywords
    agricultural prices
    baling
    bales
    windrows
    windrowing
    losses
    controlled grazing
    production costs
    liveweight gain
    fiber content
    Nebraska
    hay
    profitability
    beef production
    steers
    crude protein
    range management
    crop yield
    beef cattle
    forage
    diet quality
    economics
    forage intake
    forage quality
    forage waste
    meadow hay
    weight gain
    Show allShow less
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Volesky, J. D., Adams, D. C., & Clark, R. T. (2002). Windrow grazing and baled-hay feeding strategies for wintering calves. Journal of Range Management, 55(1), 23-32.
    Publisher
    Society for Range Management
    Journal
    Journal of Range Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/643621
    DOI
    10.2307/4003259
    10.2458/azu_jrm_v55i1_volesky
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    Management practices that lower livestock production costs are of interest to ranch enterprises. Windrow or swath grazing is a strategy where livestock directly graze windrow-stored forage, generally during a time when packaged hay or some other feed is provided. The objectives of this study were: 1) to quantify calf performance and forage intake and waste under windrow grazing (windrow) and bale-fed (bale) management strategies; 2) to quantify hay quality changes as affected by storage method and time; 3) to determine the effects of windrow coverage on subsequent meadow herbage yield and composition; and 4) to compare costs and returns associated with windrow and bale strategies. The forage source was wet meadow dominated by cool-season perennial species with alternating windrows baled and the remaining windrows left in place for direct grazing. Weaned steer calves were fed baled hay or grazed windrows during a November-January period each of 2 years. Windrow grazing calf gains were greater (P < 0.05) than bale-fed during the first year of the study but gains were similar during the second year. Greater weight gain for windrow calves during the first year was likely due to the presence of high quality regrowth that occurred after hay harvest. Diet samples collected from fistulated windrow animals in December contained 14.6% crude protein (CP) compared to 10.4% for hand-collected samples of windrows (P < 0.05). Crude protein content of windrow- and baled-stored forage was similar (10.6%, P > 0.05) during all sampling months (September-February). Crude protein content of standing (stockpiled) forage declined to 5.7% by February. Acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were similar between windrow and standing storage treatments during all months and higher than bales from November through February. Herbage yield was 20% less in the area directly covered by windrows the previous fall and winter compared to the control (P < 0.05). However, only about 9% of the total area of a pasture is affected by windrow-coverage when 1-m wide windrows are created 11 m apart, resulting in an overall herbage yield reduction of 1.5%. Total forage production costs for the bale-fed strategy were about 63 ha(-1) (37%) higher than windrow grazing due to baling and bale moving costs. Feed costs averaged 0.16 head(-1) day(-1) for windrow and 0.30 head(-1) day(-1) for the bale strategy. When production data were applied to market prices for the previous 7 years, the mean net return ha(-1) for windrow exceeded the net return for the bale strategy by about 93 and the net return for a strategy that directly sold the hay by 174.
    Type
    text
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0022-409X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2307/4003259
    Scopus Count
    Collections
    Journal of Range Management, Volume 55, Number 1 (January 2002)

    entitlement

     
    The University of Arizona Libraries | 1510 E. University Blvd. | Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
    Tel 520-621-6442 | repository@u.library.arizona.edu
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2017  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.