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- Library Collection RecordControlled burning timed in early summer can dramatically change the species composition of annual rangeland the following season. Although this has been well documented, the longevity of these…Publication Date 2017
- fire
- forage
- forage production
- species composition
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordPlains rough fescue (Festuca hallii [Vasey] Piper) is an important, native forage grass species in Western Canada. Despite the high demand of seeds of this species, supply remains extremely limited…Publication Date 2017
- autumn
- Festuca hallii
- forage
- precipitation
- seed production
- spring
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordUtilization has been an important “tool†in range management since its beginnings. On the surface the concept appears simple, referring to the percentage of current forage removed by…Publication Date 2016
- livestock
- forage
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordGardner's saltbush ecosystems are increasingly being invaded by halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus [M. Bieb.] C.A. Mey.), an annual halophyte that increases soil surface salinity and reduces plant…Publication Date 2016
- establishment
- forage
- rangeland
- rehabilitation
- Saline
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In the semiarid Texas High Plains, integrating crops with grazing systems could conserve irrigation water and increase perennial grassland. • We combined irrigated and nonirrigated…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- water conservation
- grazing
- forage
- irrigation
- Ogallala Aquifer
- crude protein
- fiber
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordForage and cow-calf productivity on two lightly and two conservatively grazed pastures were evaluated over a 15-year period (1997-2011) in the Chihuahuan Desert of south-central New Mexico. Spring-…Publication Date 2015-03
- cattle productivity
- drought
- forage
- grazing management
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordIn any supplementation program, it is essential that the forage resource be stocked in such a manner so there is adequate forage quantity available per animal unit. If forage quantity is insufficient…Publication Date 2015
- nutritive value
- forage
- Arizona
- supplements
- nutrition
- cows
- 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 RecordIt is readily understood that when natural grasslands and shrublands are grazed there will be some changes in the plant community. The more permanent changes, arising from the loss of some plant…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAustralia's Rangelands include the Arid Zone, occupying 70 percent of the continent, and native, or natural pastures in the higher rainfall districts. This paper is concerned with the latter…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Dumaresq River
- Gwydir River
- Macintyre River
- Namoi River
- New South Wales
- Northern Tablelands
- water yield
- Library Collection RecordIn order to assess the current level of stock watering facilities on pastoral properties within the western Riverina, and to relate this information to paddock size and vegetation type, large areas…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Paddock
- Riverina district
- stock water supplies
- 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 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 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 RecordFire occurs infrequently in Australia's most extensive plant community, the mulga lands (see map 3, Moore 1970) . Under present management, the average interval between fires would be in the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- controversial
- Eastern Rangelands
- fire
- Mulga Communities
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordThe problems confronting those concerned with the management of wildlife, particularly the larger species of wildlife such as kangaroos, are similar to the problems of those involved in range…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- northwestern New South Wales
- 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 RecordSheep diet at a plant species level for seven occasions during 1974 -76 is presented for a woodland community under four different managements. The wide variation in grazing preference with…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- semi-arid
- woodland
- Library Collection RecordA number of different criteria have been used to determine the response of rangeland to management and as an index of range condition (Parker,1954). The most common methods involve estimates of the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- rangeland grasses
- Library Collection RecordThe initial study program relating to reclamation of the hard eroded ridges of the Cobar Pediplain, has recently been completed at Cobar Experimental Area.
 The studies involved treatment of the…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- Cobar Experimantal Area
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAt the CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management, Deniliquin, a project to identify the impact of economic, administrative, and social influences on rangeland management has begun. This paper…Publication Date 2014
- Australia
- New South Wales
- 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 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 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 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
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- 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 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 RecordA significant quantity of native vegetation and biodiversity remains on privately managed rangeland properties. Due to a lack of appropriate incentives, landholders do not always conserve these…Publication Date 2012
- market-based instruments
- private costs
- social costs
- trade-offs
- New South Wales
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2012
- analytical methods
- digestibility
- rangeland soils
- forage
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as the…Publication Date 2012
- forage
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- phenology
- forage
- livestock
- species
- grazing
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- species
- forage
- uses
- ecosystems
- grazing
- Agropyron
- Astragalus
- Agropyron
- Astragalus
- Agropyron
- Astragalus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- feeds
- Feed Crops
- grasses
- Feed grasses
- pastures
- Natural pastures
- grasslands
- meadows
- productivity
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- grassland management
- simulation
- grazing systems
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- harvesting
- cultivation
- pastures
- grazing lands
- productivity
- Properties
- Economic Value
- biological production
- natural resources
- resources
- forage
- Feed Crops
- efficiency
- genetic soil types
- density
- chemicophysical properties
- Library Collection RecordGrazeIn is a model for predicting herbage intake and milk production of grazing dairy cows. The objectives of this paper are to test its robustness according to a planned arrangement of grazing and…Publication Date 2011
- animal production
- forage
- management
- grazing
- dairy cow
- herbage intake
- milk production
- modelling
- simulation
- Validation
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- rangelands
- forage
- biogeography
- Bromus
- Festuca ovina
- Bromus
- Festuca ovina
- Bromus
- Festuca ovina
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- rain
- canopy
- forage
- production
- steppes
- production
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- quality
- goats
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- rangelands
- simulation
- stability
- pastures
- Bromus
- simulation
- Bromus
- Bromus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- species
- forage
- uses
- Artemisia
- Salsola
- grazing
- Artemisia
- Salsola
- Artemisia
- Salsola
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Thailand
- grassland management
- forage
- livestock management
- animal husbandry