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Grazing tame pastures effectively

Description

To be effective, the nutrients supplied by the pasture must be in balance with the nutrients required by grazing cattle. Given a choice, cattle tend to select plants higher in protein and lower in fibre than that of the total available forage. However, plants not selected or unpalatable plants do not necessarily have poor nutritive value. To maximize overall utilization and potential weight gain per acre, cross fencing can be used to obtain more uniform grazing.

Updated

June 1, 1998

Tags
cattle cattle feed grazing livestock pastures

Title and publication information

Type
Fact Sheet
Series Title

Agri-facts

Extent

5 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development (1992-2006)

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture
Subject (LCSH)

Pastures.

Subject (LCSH)

Grazing.

Resource Dates

Date Created

1998-06-01

Date Added

2015-12-11T21:59:14.365730

Date Modified

1998-06-01

Date Issued

1998-06-01

Audience information

Identifiers

AGDEX number

130/53-1

NEOS catalogue key

2306546

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca