Author: Cheryl Joy WachenheimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Economic Viability of Intensive Stocker Cattle Grazing Systems
Author: Cheryl Joy WachenheimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
An Economic Analysis of Stocker Cattle Grazing Systems on Oklahoma Native Range
Author: Dennis Wayne RoddyAn Economic Study of Intensive and Traditional Grazing Systems on Dual-purpose Cattle Farms in Zulia State, Venezuela
Author: Alfredo Jose FernandezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Grazing Systems for Direct-seeded Alfalfa Pastures
Author: Michael L. SchlegelPublisher:
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Category : Alfalfa
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures
Author: Monte Rouquette Jr.Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128144750
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. - Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints - Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures - Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. - Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health - Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability - Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability
Agricultural Economics Report
Author: Michigan State University. Department of Agricultural EconomicsPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Final Report
Author: Todd JorgensonPublisher:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Final Report : Management Intensive Grazing of Stocker Cattle
Author: Jorgenson, ToddPublisher: [Regina] : Agri-Food Innovation Fund
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Economics of Annual Grazing Systems
Author: Mark Wallace JennerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Annual grazing practices are highly variable among farms as constantly changing plant and animal interactions influence forage quality and utilization. Traditional continuous grazing practices utilize about 30 percent of the available forage while management-intensive grazing practices may utilize more than 70 percent. Data collected at the University of Missouri, Forage Systems Research Center (FSRC), Linneus, Missouri was used to conduct this study; it shows animal performance and stocking rates of different systems listed below. A ten year, capital budgeting model was developed to compare technical efficiency to economic efficiency of annual grazing systems. This assessment was based on three grazing technologies, named for the required management intensity level--High, Medium and Low. Also considered were three types of farming systems: Specialized, Diversified and Part-time. When merged, nine combinations of commercial cow-calf technologies and production levels were created. Once the FSRC baseline model was assessed, three technical parameters fixed by system design were relaxed--(1) removal of the steers from the system (NOSTR), (2) changing the ratio of winter to summer acreage (WSR), and (3) standardizing cow conception rates among systems. An assessment of the economic performance of the FSRC and NOSTR systems revealed the two systems to be comparable with respect to investment rates of return. When alternative management levels were compared (for both systems), returns were highest for Medium, High and Low levels, respectively. When system parameters were changed (WSR and conception rates) the result was a new economic ranking with the High management system ranked first, followed by Medium and Low level alternatives. However, the difference in economic returns between High and Medium levels is inconsequential, and one can conclude there was no difference in the economic performance of the two systems. Risk considerations (higher investment outlays associated with High management level) would result in ranking the Medium level as the best system from an economic perspective. Additional research is warranted using different animal prices and different system parameters--forage species, stocking rates, winter/summer acreage relationships, etc.
Management Intensive Grazing of Stocker Cattle
Author: Canada-Saskatchewan Agri-Food Innovation AgreementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description