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Understanding Forage Intake in Range Animals (Spanish)
(2001-09-10)
Forage intake is as important as forage quality. This publication explains the factors affecting forage intake. Available in English as L-5152.
Livestock for Small Acreage Landowners
(2000-04-12)
New rural landowners are often interested in establishing livestock enterprises, even when their acreages are small. While forage availability may limit stocking rate, there are some livestock operations that can succeed ...
Rangeland Risk Management for Texans: Patch Grazing and Sustainable Rangeland Production
(2002-10-28)
Grazing distribution is a major concern to livestock producers. This publication addresses uneven grazing patterns in livestock and recommends ways to overcome such behaviors.
Forage Quality Photo Guide
(2000-08-18)
The relationship between forage quality and the physical appearance of feces of grazing cattle is explained. Four photographs provide a quick and easy visual reference for evaluating the diet quality of grazing beef cattle.
Rangeland Risk Management for Texans: Forage Quality and Quantity
(2000-11-01)
This publication focuses on ways of recognizing and correcting problems with both forage quality and forage quantity. Both are important, and both can be the reason for poor animal performance.
Grazing and Browsing: How Plants are Affected
(2001-12-13)
Grazing and browsing can have a neutral, positive or negative effect on rangeland plants. This publication explains the effects of grazing and browsing on plants, details the indicators of overuse of the range, and lists ...
Using Body Condition Scores to Manage Range Cows and Rangeland
(2001-07-19)
This publication explains how beef cattle producers can use body condition scores to manage nutrition and improve reproductive performance of their herds, and protect the range resource. Also discussed are the results of ...
Integrating Deer, Quail and Turkey Habitat (Spanish)
(2001-09-10)
This leaflet offers management strategies for integrating habitats to accommodate white-tailed deer, bobwhite quail and Rio Grande turkey in one wildlife enterprise.
Why Range Forage Quality Changes (Spanish)
(2001-09-10)
Range plants vary in nutritional quality. Forage quality is determined by the plant part eaten, plant age, season, soils and range sites, stocking rates, and other factors. Periods of high animal nutritional demand must ...