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Cattle Weight Gains in Relation to Stocking Rate on Rough Fescue Grassland

dc.contributor.authorWillms, W. D.
dc.contributor.authorSmoliak, S.
dc.contributor.authorSchaalje, G. B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T03:54:20Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T03:54:20Z
dc.date.issued1986-03-01
dc.identifier.citationWillms, W. D., Smoliak, S., & Schaalje, G. B. (1986). Cattle weight gains in relation to stocking rate on rough fescue grassland. Journal of Range Management, 39(2), 182-187.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3899294
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/645448
dc.description.abstractThe effects of 4 stocking rates (1.2, 1.6, 2.4, and 4.8 AUM/ha) on cattle production were examined, over a 35-year period, on a Rough Fescue (Festuca scabrella Torr.) Grassland. Forage productivity was reduced at the higher stocking rates. This resulted in a shortened grazing season in the field stocked at 4.8 AUM/ha. Although individual animals' weights decreased with increased stocking rate, cattle gains per unit area increased. Average daily gain of cows was greatest in May but declined to become a loss in September. Calves showed maximum gains from June to July and never lost weight. Stocking rate affected the relative magnitude of average daily gain as well as the trend over the grazing season.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectFestuca altaica
dc.subjectgrasslands
dc.subjectliveweight gain
dc.subjectgrazing trials
dc.subjectAlberta
dc.subjectstocking rate
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectbotanical composition
dc.subjectgrazing
dc.titleCattle Weight Gains in Relation to Stocking Rate on Rough Fescue Grassland
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform August 2020
dc.source.volume39
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.beginpage182-187
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-24T03:54:20Z


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