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- Library Collection RecordA 16-paddock, cell-designed, rotational grazing (RG) system was initiated in March 1981 to evaluate the effects of RG on various vegetation response variables and cow/calf production. This 20-month…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- organic matter digestibility
- crop quality
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- cattle
- Texas
- plant litter
- forage
- Library Collection Record
- Byproducts
- Feed Crops
- feeds
- pastures
- ruminants
- animal nutrition
- Library Collection Record
- technology
- research
- FAO
- policies
- land use
- feeds
- animal products
- prices
- incentives
- government
- World Bank
- Financing
- Asia
- tropical Africa
- Middle East
- Europe
- technology transfer
- developing countries
- Methane
- production
- greenhouse effect
- planning
- costs
- Crossbreeding
- Western Asia
- North Africa
- Syria
- overgrazing
- socioeconomic organization
- Feed processing
- Feed legumes
- varieties
- climatic zones
- Cropping Systems
- feeding systems
- Bali
- Agropisciculture
- Malaysia
- Nigeria
- animal diseases
- Epidemics
- vaccination
- Africa South of Sahara
- Trypanosomiasis
- international cooperation
- veterinarians
- Veterinary medicine
- educational institutions
- Constraints
- monitoring
- evaluation
- Technical aid
- case studies
- economic situation
- India
- Bangladesh
- animal health
- forecasting
- swine
- Fattening
- Nutritional Requirements
- Feed Crops
- livestock
- animal production
- sustainability
- Production policies
- profitability
- investment
- Agricultural policies
- environmental impact
- genetic resources
- Germplasm conservation
- Animal breeding
- pastures
- land management
- animal feeding
- Supplementary Feeding
- supplements
- grassland management
- small farms
- mixed farming
- disease control
- cost analysis
- Research institutions
- training
- extension activities
- farming systems
- milk production
- marketing
- meat production
- Support measures
- cooperative activities
- ruminants
- development projects
- sheep
- goats
- poultry
- monogastric animals
- Library Collection RecordDefoliation of intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium by cattle was examined under seasonal and short-duration grazing. Tiller height, number of green leaves per tiller, phenological status,…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- grazing time
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- stocking rate
- Washington
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- tillering
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated effects of fall burning of gulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae) rangeland on winter diets and liveweight gains of cattle on the Texas Coastal Prairie during 1979-1981. Gulf cordgrass…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- crude protein
- spartina spartinae
- autumn
- Nassella leucotricha
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- diets
- cattle
- Texas
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured over a 2-year period on an intensive rotationally grazed pasture. Measurements were taken prior to the movement of livestock onto the pasture,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- intensive livestock farming
- hydrology
- sediments
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordWe compared effects of short-duration and continuous grazing on nesting cover and success of bobwhites and wild turkeys in south Texas during 1984. Coverage, density, and dispersion of suitable nest…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- colinus vulgaris
- nesting
- grazing time
- turkeys
- nests
- game management
- pastures
- Texas
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSelection of appropriate treatment and experiment designs are essential elements in research. However, the expense and variability associated with pasture renovation studies creates unique problems…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- research
- land improvements
- grassland improvement
- experimental design
- grazing experiments
- statistical analysis
- pastures
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordImproved pastures are a valuable forage resource in the Central Great Plains, but ranchers need to know which seeding techniques provide the best chance of successful establishment of such pastures.…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- row orientation
- Fabaceae
- sowing date
- Hordeum vulgare
- crop establishment
- fallow
- forage crops
- Plains
- autumn
- grassland improvement
- stubble
- pastures
- spring
- Wyoming
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAnnual application of picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) and picloram plus 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] and biannual application of 2,4-D for 5 consecutive years…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- herbicide rates
- herbicide residues
- 2,4-D
- Euphorbia esula
- seedling emergence
- weed control
- pastures
- picloram
- prairies
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordGrazing sheep on improved pastures during winter offers an economically attractive alternative to supplementation in sage-brush steppe ecosystems. We studied diet selection and nutrition of sheep…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- Agropyron desertorum
- steppes
- grazing experiments
- pastures
- winter
- woody plants
- animal nutrition
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- rangelands
- Utah
- grazing
- feed intake
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordEffects of defoliation frequency and intensity on persistence of a perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)-subclover (Trifolium subterraneum) pasture were studied near Corvallis, Ore., during 1980 to…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- Trifolium subterraneum
- Lolium perenne
- persistence
- pastures
- Oregon
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordSoil bulk density measurements were taken from pastures used for winter feeding to determine the effects of different stocking rates on soil compaction and recovery. Samples were taken from paired…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- animal feeding
- physicochemical properties
- soil density
- reclamation
- pastures
- soil water content
- cattle
- rangelands
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured for 2 years on 3 pastures from an intensive rotational grazing system. The pastures were 32, 24, and 16 ha in size. Stocking rate was held…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- soil water relations
- hydrology
- sediments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordFunding limitations often restrict pasture replication in grazing research on rangeland. Consequently, subsample error has been used to estimate treatment effects or characterize populations.…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- research
- experimental design
- grazing experiments
- pastures
- rangelands
- Library Collection Record
- agroforestry
- animal production
- cattle
- Latin America
- livestock
- pastures
- resource conservation
- silvopastoral systems
- environmental impact
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordLegumes are beneficial in providing high quality forage and enhancing fertility levels in the soil by biological nitrogen fixation. Nonperennial Medicago species have a world-wide distribution and…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- resowing
- Medicago
- legumes
- pastures
- establishment
- range management
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordNimble will (Muhlenbergia schreberi Gmel.), a native perennial C4 grass, is a serious weed in horse pastures in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. This study investigated the dormancy breaking and…Publication Date 1985-11-01
- cold
- Muhlenbergia schreberi
- incubation
- Kentucky
- storage
- dormancy breaking
- weed control
- pastures
- seed germination
- Library Collection RecordSoil acidity resulting from nitrification of ammonium in fertilizer can limit plant growth. In this study on weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees) and Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa…Publication Date 1986-03-01
- soil pH
- fertilizer application
- sandy soils
- lime
- Southern Great Plains
- phytotoxicity
- nitrogen fertilizers
- pastures
- Oklahoma
- Poaceae
- Library Collection RecordChanges in botanical composition and productivity of total herbage and 14 categories of annual range plants caused by elemental sulfur fertilization, range site, and precipitation were studied. Total…Publication Date 1985-03-01
- sulfur fertilizers
- grasslands
- productivity
- pastures
- California
- botanical composition
- Library Collection RecordThe total cost (fee and non-fee) of grazing BLM, FS, and private deeded rangeland was estimated by partial budgeting procedures from records kept by the Saval Ranch, a northeastern Nevada cow-calf…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- public ownership
- private ownership
- foraging
- ranching
- cost-benefit analysis
- pastures
- cattle
- Nevada
- rangelands
- Library Collection Record
- Climatic change
- temperature
- rain
- ultraviolet radiation
- carbon dioxide
- Ozone
- crops
- photosynthesis
- crop yield
- environmental impact
- simulation models
- food production
- plant physiology
- growth
- water availability
- soil fertility
- pollutants
- hydrology
- models
- case studies
- Nile River
- Lake Chad
- Caspian Sea
- evapotranspiration
- biomass
- seeds
- carbohydrates
- leaf area index
- stomata
- Plant water relations
- heat
- Temperature resistance
- Plant developmental stages
- Ozone depletion
- population growth
- Economic growth
- Famine
- risk
- plant response
- Environmental impact assessment
- agriculture
- forestry
- soil
- Cropping Systems
- pastures
- databases
- plant production
- water balance
- soil degradation
- food supply
- ecosystems
- Pollution by agriculture
- water resources
- soil chemicophysical properties
- transpiration
- Agricultural situation
- land use
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordNumerous warm-season pastures have been established in the last 30 years in the central Great Plains. Some of these pastures are old enough to verify that they can be abused by overgrazing as easily…Publication Date 1986-01-01
- artificial regeneration
- Bromus inermis
- atrazine
- seed dispersal
- Poa pratensis
- weed control
- pastures
- Nebraska
- Poaceae
- overgrazing
- prairies
- range management
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordFresh cattle manure was collected weekly from 3 cool-season riparian pastures in southeastern South Dakota during the summer of 1981 to determine the relationship of diet of livestock to manure…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- moisture content
- cattle manure
- South Dakota
- pastures
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordIn the central Great Plains, pastures and rangelands often are not economically competitive with grain crops. This has led to increases in acreages of row crops at the expense of rangelands, pastures…Publication Date 1985-09-01
- marginal land
- Great Plains states of USA
- economic viability
- yield increases
- forage crops
- soil erosion
- agricultural research
- pastures
- crop yield
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordLarge ares (6 million ha) of the United States and Canada, classified as range, have an enormous impact on the economy and environment through grass production. Production is often drastically…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- pest resistance
- Hemiptera
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordThe botanical composition of the diets of 5 esophageal-fistulated steers in summer (June to August) and winter (January to March) on a south Florida range was studied in order to point out those…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- forage crops
- Florida
- pastures
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- grazing
- Library Collection Record
- species
- Operating Costs
- Labour costs
- production possibilities
- grassland management
- pastures
- Sawnwood
- Softwood
- consumption
- costs
- prices
- forest management
- economics
- Financing
- production data
- yields
- forests
- Ownership
- world
- Forestry equipment
- afforestation
- Forest Land
- housing
- Construction Materials
- wood
- disease control
- forest plantations
- mechanical damage
- Meliaceae
- parasites
- Stem eating insects
- trade
- marketing
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of Spanish goat diets was only different when diets selected from tebuthiuron-treated pastures were compared to those from untreated and mechanically treated areas in the Texas…Publication Date 1984-11-01
- diets
- Dietary Selection
- Spanish Goats
- Mechanically Treated
- Browse Component
- IVDOM
- College Station
- brush management
- organic matter
- winter
- treatments
- fall
- summer
- botanical composition
- digestibility
- crude protein
- nutrition
- spring
- pastures
- tebuthiuron
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordRange managers must often estimate or predict annual forage yield at a distance, from minimal data, or for a variety of sites. This study compared and modified 6 simple formulas potentially useful…Publication Date 1984-09-01
- yield forecasting
- data collection
- forage crops
- dry matter accumulation
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordAbused rangelands dominated by introduced cool-season grasses and warm-season shortgrasses are common over much of the Mixed Prairie. Native decreaser species are primarily warm-season grasses and…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- pastures
- Nebraska
- prescribed burning
- vegetation
- prairies
- Library Collection Record
- species
- Operating Costs
- Labour costs
- production possibilities
- grassland management
- pastures
- Sawnwood
- Softwood
- consumption
- costs
- prices
- forest management
- economics
- Financing
- production data
- yields
- forests
- Ownership
- world
- Forestry equipment
- afforestation
- Forest Land
- housing
- Construction Materials
- wood
- disease control
- forest plantations
- mechanical damage
- Meliaceae
- parasites
- Stem eating insects
- trade
- marketing
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of cattle grazing on selected vegetation and soil parameters were evaluated on a clay flat range site with shrub zonal, midgrass, and shortgrass communities in the Rolling Plains near…Publication Date 1984-07-01
- Plains
- soil
- pastures
- vegetation
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordIndices of vegetation abundance, composition, and grazing were monitored for the grazing seasons of 1980-81 at Hays, Kans., in 2 pastures. One pasture was moderately grazed with yearling steers…Publication Date 1985-01-01
- strip grazing
- Buchloe dactyloides
- Kansas
- pastures
- vegetation
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- rangelands
- Library Collection Record
- livestock
- grazing
- desertification
- pastures
- vegetation
- erosion
- Library Collection RecordThe relationship of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and runoff were examined near Center, North Dakota on reclaimed mine-land pastures (Cabba Soils) and adjacent native rangeland (Sen Soils…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordDuck nest success on 12 pastures grazed under a once-over rotational grazing system and 12 pastures grazed season-long was measured in the prairie pothole region of southern Saskatchewan. In 1995 and…Publication Date 1969
- ducks
- grazing
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- Saskatchewan
- nest success
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to further determine relationships of soil and vegetation factors to soil loss and water runoff from reclaimed pastures and rangeland in Nebraska. Results showed that soil…Publication Date 1969
- erosion
- runoff
- pastures
- rangelands
- grazing
- vegetation
- Simulated rainfall
- soil loss
- Library Collection RecordDeferred-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…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- season-long stocking
- depleted range
- cow-calf operations
- deferred rotation grazing
- range utilization
- animal performance
- steers
- grazing management
- Gains
- Kansas
- Flint Hills
- forage production
- range improvement
- pastures
- stocking rate
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordWeight gains per acre of yearling ewes on continuously grazed crested wheatgrass and Russian wildrye pastures averaged 21.7 and 26.3 lb, or 2.6 and 3.2 times the gain of yearling ewes on native range…Publication Date 1968-01-01
- Free Choice
- Yearling Ewes
- gain per acre
- introduced forage
- Pasture Productivity
- Leaf Height Measurements
- weight gain
- systems
- grazing studies
- native ranges
- continuous grazing
- rotation
- Russian wildrye
- yield
- pastures
- stocking rate
- grazing
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordYearling Romnelet wethers were used to compare reed canarygrass and brome-orchard-ladino with two levels of nitrogen and ladino clover as additives to the reed canarygrass for three consecutive years…Publication Date 1968-05-01
- Brome
- Bromegrass
- Spring Growth
- grass legume mixture
- flowering
- reed canarygrass
- Romnelet
- Ladino Clover
- Orchard
- dry matter
- irrigation
- cost
- British Columbia
- fertilizer
- Kamloops
- Research Station
- reclamation
- pastures
- palatability
- growth habit
- sheep
- nitrogen
- erosion
- Early Grazing
- Library Collection RecordAdequate soil preparation will eliminate any compacted layers formed under cultivation and aid in securing a vigorous stand of grass on land converted from cash crop to pasture. Seedling emergence is…Publication Date 1966-05-01
- seedling emergence
- First Year Growth
- soil preparation
- Big Spring Field Station
- grass establishment
- cultivated lands
- pans
- root penetration
- soil compaction
- pastures
- success
- tillage
- Seeded Grasses
- moisture
- forage production
- emergence
- growth
- volume
- vigor
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordDeferred grazing is good for the range resource. It benefits the livestock, wildlife, and watershed quality and dependability. It makes the countryside look better and enhances recreation. It reduces…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Resting
- Dependability
- Vegetative Reproduction
- definitions
- principles
- Facilities
- Safe Use
- watersheds
- deferred grazing
- objectives
- range resources
- rotation
- Deferred
- pastures
- wildlife
- grazing
- quality
- livestock
- frequency
- Location
- applications
- numbers
- benefits
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-05-01
- Farms
- Range Officials
- farmers
- range plants
- American Society of Range Management
- pastures
- forage plants
- range improvement
- livestock production
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-05-01
- Farms
- Range Officials
- farmers
- range plants
- American Society of Range Management
- pastures
- forage plants
- range improvement
- livestock production
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-03-01
- Movable Exclosure
- Metal
- exclosures
- Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
- pastures
- livestock
- Nevada
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-01-01
- U.S.
- Field Station
- North Dakota
- weight gain
- Mandan
- deferred grazing
- Rotation Grazing
- native ranges
- continuous grazing
- pastures
- northern Great Plains
- rest
- grazing
- cattle
- vegetation
- forage
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-01-01
- Buffalo Grassland
- Tobosa Grassland
- Spur
- intensive grazing
- Southern Rolling Plains
- Hereford Yearling Steers
- cattle gains
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
- Continuous
- Moderate
- Rotation Grazing
- continuous grazing
- forage plants
- seasons
- Stocking
- pastures
- rest
- blue grama
- Texas
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1950-04-01
- Root Soil Relations
- Underground Plant Parts
- monoliths
- Degeneration of Prairie
- types
- Grades
- High Grade
- Mid Grade
- Low Grade
- Intensities
- Palouse Prairie
- Quantitative
- deterioration
- soil types
- depth
- methods
- Abuse
- effects
- quantity
- roots
- root weight
- pastures
- density
- root systems
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- Kansas
- vigor
- Use
- distribution
- grazing
- vegetation
- forbs
- Washington
- Nebraska
- grasses
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-07-01
- electric fences
- Distribution of Cattle
- bunchgrass
- Construction of Fence
- Charging
- Hot Shot Batteries
- Creeping
- dry seasons
- cover
- pastures
- plant vigor
- adaptability
- range
- fencing
- forage production
- maintenance
- bunchgrass
- Use
- grazing
- sheep
- cattle
- overgrazing
- forage
- problems