Evaluation of Grazing Alternate Summer and Fall Forages in Extensive Beef Cattle Production Systems

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-402

  Shain, D H ^a   Klopfenstein, T J ^a   Stock, R A ^b   Vieselmeyer, B A ^a   Erickson, G E ^a  

^a Land O'Lakes Purina Feed ^*  (United States)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Forages; Grazing; Production; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008150055     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31237-7     Document Type: Article

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