Influence of Grazing Management Strategies on Forage Quality/Production and Animal Performance in an Ontario Cow Calf System

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dc.contributor.advisorWood, Katherine
dc.contributor.advisorMandell, Ira
dc.contributor.authorSt Peter, Jade
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-19T20:33:59Z
dc.date.available2023-05-19T20:33:59Z
dc.date.copyright2023-05
dc.date.created2023-05-16
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Animal Biosciencesen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeAnimal Biosciencesen_US
dc.description.abstractThese studies sought to develop best grazing management practices for optimizing forage growth/production and cattle performance. Cow-calf pairs grazed from May through September to evaluate the effectiveness of set stocking, rotational, strip, and continuous grazing management regimes on animal performance and forage growth. While different grazing methods did not increase forage biomass, sward height or animal performance, intensive grazing management (strip, rotational) was found to increase grazing days and dry matter intake as a percentage of body weight. A second study evaluated fall stockpile grazing using yearling heifers to evaluate grasses, alfalfa or birdsfoot trefoil effectiveness in an extended grazing system. The study found harvesting forages more than once prior to grazing may decrease available pasture during the fall and decrease grazing days. Heifer performance was not affected by pasture forage species. Considerations to forage/grazing management can directly benefit producers by lengthening the grazing season in both Spring and Fall.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBeef Cluster
dc.description.sponsorshipBCRC
dc.description.sponsorshipOntario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
dc.description.sponsorshipBeef Farmers of Ontario
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/27641
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen
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dc.subjectGrazingen_US
dc.subjectCow-calfen_US
dc.subjectBeefen_US
dc.subjectRotationalen_US
dc.subjectSet Stockeden_US
dc.subjectContinousen_US
dc.subjectStockpilingen_US
dc.subjectStrip grazingen_US
dc.subjectExtended grazingen_US
dc.titleInfluence of Grazing Management Strategies on Forage Quality/Production and Animal Performance in an Ontario Cow Calf Systemen_US
dc.typeThesisen
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