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A Dry Matter Quality Approach to Planning Forage-Beef Systems*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Kim B. Anderson  and
Odell L. Walker
Kim B. Anderson
Affiliation:
Farm Management (formerly Graduate Research Assistant)
Odell L. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Forage quality and quantity vary by species, time of year, level and time of fertilizer application and grazing system [6]. Livestock nutritional requirements change with age, rate of gain, weight, date of calving and percentage calf crop [7]. Pasture forage production and livestock forage requirements depicting both quality and quantity need to be compiled by calendar periods to determine optimal pasture programs and livestock systems.

Animal unit months (AUM) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) are the predominant measures of forage quantity produced and required. Neither measurement adequately reflects quality and quantity in forage production and beef requirements throughout the production cycles.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , July 1977 , pp. 123 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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Footnotes

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The authors acknowledge the valuable contributions of colleagues at O.S.U., the Nobel Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma and the S-67 Regional Research Committee

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