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Enhancing The Production And Sustainability Of Pasture-Fed Beef Using Non-Traditional Legume Forages, Andrea I. Bolletta
Enhancing The Production And Sustainability Of Pasture-Fed Beef Using Non-Traditional Legume Forages, Andrea I. Bolletta
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Despite the increasing worldwide demand for beef as a protein source, consumers are concerned about the sustainability of ruminant production systems. Their main concerns are animal welfare for feedlot-fed animals, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, global warming and worker safety. Traditional feedlot-based beef production systems have been associated with locally greater levels of soil, water and air contamination, as well as the overuse of antibiotics and growth hormones. The use of legume pastures such as cicer milkvetch (CMV) and birdsfoot trefoil (BFT), which fix their own nitrogen (N) and often contain beneficial secondary compounds such as tannins and provide for rapid …
Foraging Preferences Of Barnacle Geese On Endophytic Tall And Red Fescues, Tuuli-Marjaana Koski, Kari Saikkonen, Tero Klemola, Marjo Helander
Foraging Preferences Of Barnacle Geese On Endophytic Tall And Red Fescues, Tuuli-Marjaana Koski, Kari Saikkonen, Tero Klemola, Marjo Helander
Human–Wildlife Interactions
Many grasses (Poaceae) have symbiotic fungal endophytes, which affect livestock by producing unpalatable or harmful secondary compounds. Less is known about the repelling effects of fungal endophytes on avian grazers despite potential wildlife management implications. Herbivorous goose (Branta spp.) species may become a nuisance in recreational use areas via fecal littering. Planting these areas with grasses that avian grazers avoid may help mitigate this damage. In 2016, we studied the foraging preference of the barnacle geese (B. leucopsis) with endophytic (E+) or endophyte-free (E-) red fescue (Festuca rubra) and/or tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix) in …
Lawn Fertilizers For Cool Season Turf, Taun Beddes, Kelly Kopp
Lawn Fertilizers For Cool Season Turf, Taun Beddes, Kelly Kopp
All Current Publications
Lawns provide a durable and functional surface for many outdoor activities while adding beauty to the landscape. For these reasons, a healthy, green lawn is the goal of many homeowners and landscape managers. Keeping a lawn healthy and green may require many management practices such as mowing, irrigation and aerification. Often, these practices will include fertilizing with supplemental nutrients at various times during the growing season. This promotes optimum turf color, improves re-growth, and increases tolerance to wear, drought, insects and disease. The broad number of fertilizer options available from retailers can make choosing a fertilizer difficult. However, choosing an …
Basic Turfgrass Care, Kelly Kopp, Paul Johnson
Basic Turfgrass Care, Kelly Kopp, Paul Johnson
All Current Publications
The basic practices of turfgrass care include mowing, fertilization, and irrigation. In Utah, our climate has a unique effect on the turfgrasses that we grow and proper basic care will help to keep your lawn healthy and attractive.
How Do I Put Splendor Back In My Grass?, Mary Ann Dunn
How Do I Put Splendor Back In My Grass?, Mary Ann Dunn
All Archived Publications
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Is It Too Late To Plant Grass?, Bill Varga
Is It Too Late To Plant Grass?, Bill Varga
All Archived Publications
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Tree Abuse, Dennis Hinkamp
Simplified Lawn Care, Dennis Hinkamp
Grasses You Don't Have To Mow, Dennis Hinkamp
Grasses You Don't Have To Mow, Dennis Hinkamp
All Archived Publications
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Fall - A Great Time For Reevaluating Grass Areas, Dennis Hinkamp
Fall - A Great Time For Reevaluating Grass Areas, Dennis Hinkamp
All Archived Publications
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Triticeae: A Tribe For Food, Feed And Fun, Roland Von Bothmer, Björn Salomon
Triticeae: A Tribe For Food, Feed And Fun, Roland Von Bothmer, Björn Salomon
Herbarium Publications
Triticeae is an important tribe in the grass family, Poaceae. It contains the cereals wheat, rye, triticale, and barley as well as a large number of wild species, some of which are utilized as forage grasses. The tribe combines all kind of biological mechanisms and genetic systems: diploids and polyploids; annuals and perennials, inbreeders and outbreeders, and even apomicts. Due to this large variation Triticeae is an excellent model group for research in genetics, plant breeding, genetic diversity, taxonomy, and speciation in plants.
Triticeae is distributed in almost all temperate areas of the world and consists of some 350-450 species …
Seed Response Under Snow On A Subalpine Range In Central Utah, Alvin T. Bleak
Seed Response Under Snow On A Subalpine Range In Central Utah, Alvin T. Bleak
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The response of grass, forb, and shrub seeds to the subalpine environment during the fall and under winter snow and under laboratory conditions at 20/28 C was observed for 3 consecutive years at an elevation of about 3000m on the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah.
Seeds in nylon sleeves were planted under 2 cm of soil before snowfall. Under snow plantings were made directly on the soil surface and under 2 cm of soil. The seeds planted before snowfall were removed each year on four occasions: when under snow plantings were made, after snow depth exceeded 130 cm (deep snow), …
Bulletin No. 382 - Grass-Legume Mixtures For Irrigated Pastures For Dairy Cows, George Q. Bateman, Wesley Keller
Bulletin No. 382 - Grass-Legume Mixtures For Irrigated Pastures For Dairy Cows, George Q. Bateman, Wesley Keller
UAES Bulletins
Pastures have been important in the agricultural economy of the Intermountain Region. But as long as nearby valley bottom or other land not well suited for cultivation was available, the pressure for better irrigated pastures remained secondary to that for improved cash crops.
Only in recent years have dairymen generally realized that a productive herd, coupled with proper management, could make a good pasture a highly profitable crop. Bateman and Packer pointed out in 1945 this concept of pastures. Bateman et al. using newer mixtures strikingly verified the concept in 1949 and 1954. The growing awareness of the value …
Seasonal Yield And Nitrogen Content Of Three Grasses Grown Alone And In Association With Each Other And With White Dutch Clover, Donald B. Wilson
Seasonal Yield And Nitrogen Content Of Three Grasses Grown Alone And In Association With Each Other And With White Dutch Clover, Donald B. Wilson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The chief aim of pasture research is to discover means of providing the largest possible amount of highly nutritious forage at the time the animal requires it. Throughout the grazing season animal herbage requirements are relatively constant, while herbage production from pastures usually is quite variable.
Bulletin No. 28 - The Value Of Grass In The Production Of Pork: Exercise Vs. Non-Exercise Pigs
Bulletin No. 28 - The Value Of Grass In The Production Of Pork: Exercise Vs. Non-Exercise Pigs
UAES Bulletins
This Bulletin treats of the economical use of grain when fed alone or when fed with green grass, and also of the economy of raising hogs on grass alone. Furthermore, the relation of exercise to the economical use of food is treated of. This Bulletin only reports the continuation of the experiment, as enlarged, carried on during the summer of 1892, and reported in Bulletin No. 22 of this Station.