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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

1985

1985; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 85-319-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 470; Beef; Fescue; Mefluidide; Performance; Steers

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Effect Of Treating Tall Fescue Pasture With Mefluidide On Performance Of Grazing Steers, Joseph L. Moyer, Lyle W. Lomas Jan 1985

Effect Of Treating Tall Fescue Pasture With Mefluidide On Performance Of Grazing Steers, Joseph L. Moyer, Lyle W. Lomas

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Mefluidide (EmbarkĀ® ) delays maturity and suppresses seed head formation in grasses. Mefluidide treatment increased the crude protein content of fescue pasture and improved daily gain of grazing steers by 14.3% (.21 lb per head daily).