scholarly journals Grazing Systems: Their Influence on Infiltration Rates in the Rolling Plains of Texas

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karl Wood ◽  
Wilbert H. Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Infiltration Rates ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Rolling Plains

scholarly journals The Impact of Grazing Systems on the Magnitude and Stability of Ranch Income in the Rolling Plains of Texas

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 526 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Whitson ◽  
R. K. Heitschmidt ◽  
M. M. Kothmann ◽  
G. K. Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Rolling Plains ◽  
The Impact

Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose C.B. Dubeux ◽  
Nicolas DiLorenzo ◽  
Kalyn Waters ◽  
Jane C. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Development Program ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Beef Cows ◽  
Good News ◽  
Cool Season ◽  
Beef Industry ◽  
Performance Targets ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Heifer Development ◽  
Reducing Costs

Florida has 915,000 beef cows and 125,000 replacement heifers (USDA, 2016). Developing these heifers so that they can become productive females in the cow herd is a tremendous investment in a cow/calf operation, an investment that takes several years to make a return. The good news is that there are options to develop heifers on forage-based programs with the possibility of reducing costs while simultaneously meeting performance targets required by the beef industry. Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. During the warm-season, integration of forage legumes into grazing systems will provide additional nutrients to meet the performance required to develop a replacement heifer to become pregnant and enter the mature cow herd. In this document, we will propose a model for replacement heifer development, based on forage research performed in trials at the NFREC Marianna.   

Management of grazing systems

1989 ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Grazing Management ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Pastoral Systems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Stocking Rates

Recent assessments of the relative importance of stocking rate. stocking policy and grazing management on the output from pastoral systems are used as a starting point to argue the need for objective pasture assessments to aid control of livestock enterprises to meet production targets. Variations in stocking rates, stocking policy and other management practices all provide alternative means of control of pasture conditions which are the major determinants of pasture and animal performance. Understanding of the influence of pasture conditions on systems performance should provide a better basis for management control and for Communication between farmers, extension officers and researchers. Keywords: Stocking rate, pasture condition, pasture cover

Automatic Milking Systems: an option to address the labour shortage on New Zealand dairy farms?

2002 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
J.G. Jago ◽  
M.W. Woolford
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Labour Shortage ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Automatic Milking Systems

There is a growing shortage of labour within the dairy industry. To address this the industry needs to attract more people and/or reduce the labour requirements on dairy farms. Current milk harvesting techniques contribute to both the labour requirements and the current labour shortage within the industry as the process is labour-intensive and necessitates long and unsociable working hours. Automated milking systems (AMS) have been in operation, albeit on a small scale, on commercial farms in Europe for a decade and may have the potential to address labour issues within the New Zealand dairy industry. A research programme has been established (The Greenfield Project) which aims to determine the feasibility of automated milking under New Zealand dairying conditions. A Fullwoods MERLIN AMS has been installed on a protoype farmlet and is successfully milking a small herd of 41 cows. Progress from the prototype Greenfields system offers considerable potential for implementing AMS in extensive grazing systems. Keywords: automated milking systems, dairy cattle, grazing, labour

Effect of Chemical and Tillage Summer Fallow upon Water‐Infiltration Rates

1955 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. K. Barnes ◽  
D. W. Bohmont ◽  
Frank Rauzi
Keyword(s):  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Infiltration Rates ◽  
Summer Fallow

Grazing Impacts on Infiltration Rates at Vernal Pools in the Modoc Plateau

2016 ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirte Iubelt ◽  
Laural Saito ◽  
Ashton Montrone ◽  
Peter Weisberg ◽  
Robert Blank
Keyword(s):  
Vernal Pools ◽  
Grazing Impacts ◽  
Infiltration Rates
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