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- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Toxic larkspur (Delphinium species) cause large economic losses from cattle deaths, increased management costs, and reduced utilization of pastures and rangelands. • We recommend that…Publication Date 2014-02-01
- alkaloids
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- cattle
- beef
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIf feeding poor-quality forages (less than 7% crude protein and 50% TDN) are a necessary part of your livestock operation, exposing replacement females to poor-quality roughage early in life with…Publication Date 2014
- forage
- Diet preferences
- livestock raising
- Library Collection RecordQuaking aspen are widely revered by range and wildlife managers alike for their diverse and nourishing array of understory plants. Young aspen sprouts are particularly favored by deer, elk, cattle,…Publication Date 2014
- livestock feed
- forage
- Library Collection RecordRecords were kept of the free ranging cattle herd on Prairie Downs station. Prairie Downs is located approximately 70 km South of the town of Newman in the East Pilbara region of W.A. The area has…Publication Date 2014
- cattle
- Pilbara region
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordHistorically, livestock have been the main method of converting rangeland production into financial returns. It is possible that livestock will continue in this role, for the major portion of…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of correcting indigestible neutral detergent fibre (iNDF) for the loss of lignin in predictions of silage organic matter digestibility (OMD).…Publication Date 2014
- silage
- plant nutritive value
- forage quality
- cattle
- sheep
- management
- faecal samples
- grass
- indigestible neutral detergent fibre
- in vivo digestibility
- lignin
- red clover
- Jokioinen
- Finland
- Library Collection RecordThe main aim of this study was to examine how concentrations of the micronutrients cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and zinc change with phenological development in red clover,…Publication Date 2014
- forage quality
- nutrition
- forage
- grass
- Harvest
- legumes
- Plant Components
- stage of maturity
- trace elements
- dry matter
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordResearch to study the effect of cover crop sowing rate, row spacing and cultivar on establishment of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)-based pastures in a semi-arid zone mixed-farming system was…Publication Date 2014
- Lucerne
- plant production
- rainfall
- pasture
- management
- undersow
- nurse crop
- alfalfa
- forage
- companion crop
- Austrailia
- Library Collection RecordThe relative importance of breed versus rearing experience on the grazing behaviour and diet selection of beef cattle when grazing unimproved grassland was examined over 4 years. Suckler-reared…Publication Date 2014
- foraging ecology
- cattle
- grazing
- grassland
- management
- Nature conservation
- breed
- rearing experience
- grazing behaviour
- diet preference
- biodiversity
- North Wyke
- Devon UK
- Library Collection RecordFew assessments of the effects of fire and grazing on the herbaceous components of savannas have been reported for Africa. In the Kruger National Park, South Africa, range condition was monitored at…Publication Date 2014
- fire ecology
- grazing
- management
- savanna
- game
- rangeland condition
- rainfall gradient
- grasses
- forage
- ecosystem ecology
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordUsing an analysis of aerial photographs from 1942, 1985 and 2004 we assessed the impact of changing land tenure and land-use regimes on the cover of thicket vegetation on the Grahamstown commonage.…Publication Date 2014
- bush encroahcment
- land use
- management
- Aerial Photographs
- goats
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- grasses
- shrubs
- degradation
- Grahamstown
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Drought Calculator (DC), a spreadsheet-based decision support tool, was developed to help ranchers and range managers predict reductions in forage production due to drought. Forage growth…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- cross validation
- forage
- precipitation
- rangeland drought
- stocking decisions
- Library Collection RecordGrassland songbird populations are declining, and one reason for this might be livestock management practices in native prairies. Although cattle grazing is a common practice in native mixed-grass…Publication Date 2013-07-01
- ground-nesting birds
- livestock
- mixed-grass prairies
- vegetation structure
- wildlife habitats
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Toxic larkspurs (Delphinium spp.) in western North America are abundant native plants on foothill and mountain rangelands. • Previous analysis for toxic alkaloids in waxy larkspur…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- Delphinium
- larkspur
- cattle
- grazing
- alkaloids
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Properly applied grazing management may reduce fire frequency in annual grass–invaded sagebrush communities. • Grazing can be a cost-effective tool for reducing fire potential and…Publication Date 2013-06-01
- wildfire
- livestock
- federal land
- private land
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • The bark, leaves, and berries of western juniper trees in Oregon can cause abortions in late-term pregnant cattle. • The percentage of the abortion-causing compounds varied from tree…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- abortions
- western juniper trees
- Isocupressic acid
- agathic acid
- labdane acids
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordSubdivision and sedentarization of pastoral communities is accelerating rapidly across the African rangelands, posing a severe threat to wildlife populations, but few studies have looked…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- grass biomass
- land tenure
- livestock
- Maasai
- pastoralism
- wildlife conservation
- Library Collection RecordEcosystems have a critical role in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality, but management to change an ecosystem process in support of one regulating ecosystem service can either provide…Publication Date 2013
- co-benefit
- Ecosystem service
- policy
- regulating service
- trade-off
- cattle
- grazing
- climate change
- soils
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordQuestions Intensification of livestock production has led to the increasing input of agrochemicals, mostly herbicides, in natural and semi-natural grasslands. Glyphosate application shifts vegetation…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- disturbance
- diversity
- Flooding Pampa grassland
- Floristic Composition
- Herbicide
- livestock
- grasslands
- herbicides
- glyphosphate
- seed banks
- biodiversity
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordPolicy affecting the rangeland commons in South Africa has been based largely on management models developed for large-scale commercial farming. This paper examines the current policy situation and…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- Communal areas
- management
- Sustainable development
- agriculture
- livestock
- Tenure
- legislation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa's rangeland commons and enhance their contribution to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- Communal areas
- land reform
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Commercial farming
- agriculture
- Poverty
- livestock
- animal production
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, "Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons - aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape…Publication Date 2013
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordYoung livestock and wildlife learn what to eat and where to live based on interactions with their mothers. Young animals learn about foods in the womb prior to birth, from mother’s milk and through…Publication Date 2013
- livestock
- Dietary components
- livestock feed
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper was prepared in response to a paper prepared by Vetter (in this issue) that addressed the issue of policy development related to sustainable management of rangelands. In line with the…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- Sustainable development
- management
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- livestock
- agriculture
- animal productivity
- Plant Productivity
- Msinga
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,†begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands,…Publication Date 2013
- global warming
- climate change
- grasslands
- desertification
- livestock
- subsistence arming
- rural areas
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- revegetation
- system ecology
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the world’s rangeland is dominated by woody species. Competing land uses and continued encroachment of woody species into non-woody-dominated rangelands have reduced grasslands in many parts…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- animal behavior
- cattle
- genetics
- goats
- plant secondary metabolites
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordA decrease in fire frequency and past grazing practices has led to dense mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. subsp. vaseyana [Rydb.] Beetle) stands with reduced herbaceous understories…Publication Date 2012-05-01
- annual grass
- Artemisia tridentata
- brush management
- disturbance
- forage
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- forage
- quality
- infrared radiation
- calibration
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grasslands
- sown grasslands
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- nutrition
- soil fertility
- fertilizer application
- nitrogen fertilizers
- nitrogen
- yields
- forage
- Feed Crops
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- nutrition
- Trifolium
- Trifolium repens
- Phleum pratense
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Alps
- summer
- grazing
- forage
- pastures
- surveys
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Alps
- summer
- grazing
- forage
- pastures
- surveys
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- analytical methods
- digestibility
- rangeland soils
- forage
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- cattle
- Veterinary medicine
- diseases
- disease control
- animal diseases
- animal health
- lactation
- grazing lands
- pastures
- grasslands
- lactation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- cattle
- soil compaction
- soil management
- animal power
- Library Collection RecordA rising plate meter (RPM) is an instrument used for the measurement of compressed sward height and estimation of yield on grasslands. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of an RPM to…Publication Date 2012
- forage
- perennial legumes
- alfalfa
- indirect method
- sward measurement
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordThe relative effects of tree clearing, increased livestock densities and nutrient enrichment have rarely been compared across markedly different organism types, but negative effects are generally…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- livestock
- Native Pasture
- nutrient enrichment
- rotational grazing
- woodland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThese stories provide examples of how University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (UACE) translates research-based information to help people solve real, everyday problems and improve the quality of…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- grazing management
- ranching
- economics
- profitability
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe beef industry has seen a remarkable transition over the last fifty years. Although, most of the animals are still born and raised by small ranches, the vast majority are processed at an…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- ranching
- cooperatives
- California
- Local Food
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly estimate utilization of forage in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- utilization
- forage
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the USDA Forest Service to conduct assessments of resource conditions. This report fulfills that need and focuses on quantifying extent,…Publication Date 2012
- remote sensing
- grazing
- livestock
- rangeland health
- Renewable Resources Planning Act
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief overview of what life was like in Arivaca after 1912. Arivaca was essentially a company town of the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company (ALCC). The ALCC owned the town store…Publication Date 2012
- ranching
- history
- cattle
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of conservancies and collaborative nature reserves is often promoted without understanding the impact that such initiatives have on the environment, the wildlife and landowners.…Publication Date 2012
- nature reserve
- management
- game
- livestock
- agriculture
- land use
- conservation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIn general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage intake is key to animal performance. Agronomists manage for plant density and height to ensure…Publication Date 2012
- forage harvesters
- forage
- livestock raising
- Library Collection RecordAbstract A new trial investigating wet season spelling (with and without early wet season burning) to improve land condition commenced on Delamere station in the Victoria River District (VRD) in…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- 3P grasses
- Australia
- savanna burning