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Incorporating Targeted Grazing Into Farming Systems, Andrew W. Lenssen, Patrick Hatfield, Hayes Goosey, Sue Blodgett
Incorporating Targeted Grazing Into Farming Systems, Andrew W. Lenssen, Patrick Hatfield, Hayes Goosey, Sue Blodgett
Andrew W. Lenssen
When incorporating targeted grazing into farming systems, livestock producers and farm operators need assurance that the benefits from their activities are worth their investments. This chapter will focus on how integrating grazing, particularly with sheep and goats, into farming systems can offer those benefits. The concepts are not new. Cropping systems were once integrated with livestock production: Livestock gained forage value from crop aftermath, crops were grown to sustain livestock, and livestock were used as implements to produce crops. Today, few cropping systems include livestock. Sheep and goats are traditionally produced on rangelands or pasture forages and supplemented during winter …
In Vitro Dry Matter Disappearance, Crude Protein Concentration, And Leaf Percentage Of Erect Glandular-Haired Medicago Populations, Andrew W. Lenssen, E. L. Sorensen, G. L. Posler, L. H. Harbers
In Vitro Dry Matter Disappearance, Crude Protein Concentration, And Leaf Percentage Of Erect Glandular-Haired Medicago Populations, Andrew W. Lenssen, E. L. Sorensen, G. L. Posler, L. H. Harbers
Andrew W. Lenssen
Available resistance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars is currently inadequate to control the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenha), or potato Ieafhopper, ErnpoascaJabae (Harris), the two most injurious arthropod pests of alfalfa in North America. Resistance to both insects has been documented in other Medicago species having erect, glandular hairs. These hairs have been transferred to alfalfa. A field trial in 1985 was to determine the effects of erect, glandular hairs and their exudates on forage quality of several perennial Medicagos. Glandular and eglandular plant populations were selected from each of the diploids, M. prostrata Jacq. and M. glandulosa David., …