Performance of Dairy Cattle Under Two Feeding Regimes, Dry Lot and Irrigated Pasture

Performance of Dairy Cattle Under Two Feeding Regimes, Dry Lot and Irrigated Pasture PDF

Author: Aloysius Lloyd Kyeyune-Sendagi

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Published: 1968

Total Pages: 126

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Four experiments were conducted (1961-1964) for the primary purpose of studying the milk and milk constituent yields of dairy cows under dry lot and pasture systems of management. The secondary purpose was to compare the health and breeding performance of cows under these two systems. Ninety-eight cows of the Holstein and Jersey breeds were used. These cows were paired on the basis of breed, age, current milk production, previous lactation yields, days in milk, days in gestation and udder health and were assigned randomly to the two experimental groups. Cows in the dry lot groups were fed grass silage and alfalfa hay (periods I-III) or haylage (period IV) whereas, cows in the pasture group were strip-grazing irrigated grass-legume pastures. Both groups were also fed the same concentrate mixture twice daily. Differences in performance between the two systems were not significant statistically (P

Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture, an Economically Viable Option for Cattle Producers?

Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture, an Economically Viable Option for Cattle Producers? PDF

Author: Casey McKell Beck

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Published: 2004

Total Pages: 105

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" Cattle producers in Cache Valley are striving to become more competitive in beef and milk production. Feed costs account for about 50% of [their] costs ... Grass-based production has been found to be less expensive in other areas of the U.S. as well as other countries in the world, in addition, there has been an increase in the number of people that use public lands. Conflicts over the best way to utilize public lands have occurred between various groups that employ public lands. Alternative feed sources have been identified as [a] means to decrease input costs and plan for a possible future in which access to public lands could be denied. Management intensive rotational grazing on irrigated pasture has been considered in this thesis as a possible tool for beef and dairy producers to employ...."--Abstract, p. ii.

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