Grazing systems for yearling cattle on tallgrass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Owensby, Clenton E ^a   Auen, Lisa M ^a   Berns, Hannah F ^a   Dhuyvetter, Kevin C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Economic risk; Grazing systems; Intensive early stocking; Net returns; Season long stocking; Steer gains; Tallgrass Prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CATTLE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GRASS; GRAZING; INTENSIVE CULTURE; PASTURE; PRAIRIE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCKING DENSITY;

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EID: 62149126642     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-034.1     Document Type: Article

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