Economics of maintaining cow condition on fescue prairie in winter

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-119

  Freeze, Brian S ^a   Willms, Walter D ^a   Rode, Lyle ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Festuca scabrella var. campetris; Winter grazing

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE;

BOS TAURUS; FESTUCA ALTAICA; FESTUCA SCABRELLA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SCABRELLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033016803     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003503     Document Type: Article

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