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Plant And Animal Performance In Tall Fescue And Tall Fescue/Legume Pastures, Troy J. Bingham
Plant And Animal Performance In Tall Fescue And Tall Fescue/Legume Pastures, Troy J. Bingham
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Tall fescue is the one of most common grasses in irrigated pastures throughout the Intermountain West. Two limitations of tall fescue are a decrease in productivity during hot summer months and the need for supplemental nitrogen (N). The objective of this research was to compare tall fescue-alfalfa (TF+ALF), tall fescue-birdsfoot trefoil (TF+BFT), tall fescue-nitrogen fertilizer (TF+N), and tall fescue without nitrogen fertilizer (TF-N) on forage yield, nutritional quality, and livestock performance. Research plots were established at the Utah State University Pasture Research Facility in Lewiston, UT in 2010 and grazed in 2012 and 2013. Treatments were arranged in a randomized …