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2008; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 08-212-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 995; Beef; Cattle; Restricted dry matter intake
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Restricted Feeding Improves Performance Of Growing Steers During Subsequent Grazing On Native Flint Hills Pasture (2008), C.O. Anglin, M.P. Epp, R.D. Derstein, B.B. Barnhardt, Dale A. Blasi, K. C. Olson, Christopher D. Reinhardt
Restricted Feeding Improves Performance Of Growing Steers During Subsequent Grazing On Native Flint Hills Pasture (2008), C.O. Anglin, M.P. Epp, R.D. Derstein, B.B. Barnhardt, Dale A. Blasi, K. C. Olson, Christopher D. Reinhardt
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Beef stocker operators are margin-operators, and rising feed costs force them to consider alternative feeding strategies to reduce production costs. Limit-feeding is a management technique that has positive implications for cost control. In this experiment, we restricted dry matter intake to determine if steers could compensate for a period of dietary restriction during intensive early grazing. This study illustrated that limit-feeding could reduce feed costs for stocker and background operators.