Pastures are an underutilized and under-managed resource on many beef operations. Is it worthwhile to place more management emphasis on pastures? One might think that given the long winters we face in northwest Minnesota, we have to rely so heavily on conserved forages anyway that better management of pastures during the relatively short window they are useable may not be worth the effort. Howe...

the plant diversity of natural grassland communities, some producers in the Northeast often plant complex Some producers believe that planting pastures to several forage mixtures of grasses and legumes (Tracy and Sanderson, species benefits sustainability of grazing systems. We conducted a grazing study to determine if forage species diversity in pastures affects 2000; Sanderson et al., 2001) b...

We have witnessed a drastic increase in global fires recent years that are strongly linked to climate change. On the other hand, prescribed applied agricultural practice; however, their effectiveness is controversial. It important study effects of both types – wild and predict impact on biota. In this study, four different locations Central Norther Bulgaria recovered after fire were studied con...

Pastures available for grazing studies may be of unequal size and may have heterogeneous carrying capacity necessitating the assignment of unequal numbers of animals per pasture. To reduce experimental error, it is often desirable that the initial mean BW be similar among experimental units. The objective of this note is to present and illustrate the use of a method for assignment of animals to...

The unavoidable diet change in emerging countries, projected for the coming years, will significantly increase the global consumption of animal protein. It is expected that Brazilian livestock production, responsible for close to 15% of global production, be prepared to answer to the increasing demand of beef. Consequently, the evaluation of pasture quality at regional scale is important to inf...