Deferred-rotation Grazing with Steers in the Kansas Flint Hills
Issue Date
1973-11-01Keywords
season-long stockingdepleted range
cow-calf operations
deferred rotation grazing
Range Utilization
animal performance
steers
grazing management
Gains
KansasFlint Hillsforage productionrange improvementpasturesstocking raterange condition
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Owensby, C. E., Smith, E. F., & Anderson, K. L. (1973). Deferred-rotation grazing with steers in the Kansas Flint Hills. Journal of Range Management, 26(6), 393-395.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3896969Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Deferred-rotation grazing of Kansas Flint Hills' range grazed by steers May 1 to October 1 was compared to season-long stocking from 1950 through 1966. Deferred-rotation pastures had higher forage production and range condition than season-long stocked pastures. Steer gains were higher on season-long than deferred-rotation pastures. Increased stocking rates were more feasible on deferred-rotation pastures than on season-long pastures.Type
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