Small cow-calf operations are common in the Appalachian region. Tall fescue [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) S. J. Darbyshire] is the dominant forage in these systems for direct grazing as well as for stockpiling. The present study was conducted from 2001 to 2005. A total of 108 Angus and Angus crossbred cows were allotted randomly to 6 forage systems and then to 3 replicates within each system. ...

cultivar Paiute, which originated from a single plant introduction (PI-109072) (Alderson and Sharp, 1994), Within the Great Basin, availability of irrigation water throughout very little breeding has been done to develop improved the growing season is the limiting factor in the development of improved pastures. The choice of species and their water requirements cultivars of cool-season perennia...

The meat goat industry is growing rapidly in the U.S., particularly on small farms. There are a diversity of forage types and qualities used in meat goat production systems. Seventy-two Boer goats were used to evaluate weight gain and carcass parameters when growing goats were finished on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.; ALF), red clover ( Trfolium pratense L.; RCL), or orchardgrass (Dactylis glome...

One IO-day experiment in autumn 1994 then four lo-day experiments throughout the 1994195 lactation in a complete Latin square investigated the effect of pasture species on yield, composition and total colour of milk from dairy cows. Treatments were Grasslands Kopu white clover (Trifolium repens L.), Yatsyn1 perennial ryegrass (L&urn perenne L.), Grasslands Kahu timothy (Phfeum pratense L.) and ...

Successful implementation of vegetative buffers requires inclusion of plant species that facilitate rapid dissipation of deposited contaminants before they have a chance to be transported in surface runoff or to shallow groundwater. Thirty-six field lysimeters with six different ground covers [bare ground, orchardgrass (Dactylis Received 20 October 2005, Accepted 12 June 2006 Address correspond...