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Corn And Other Annuals, Jeff Mccutcheon Jan 2006

Corn And Other Annuals, Jeff Mccutcheon

Kentucky Grazing Conference

There are many factors to consider when planting alternative crops. One of the most important factors is deciding if you need additional forage. In our area the basis of any grazing system should be perennial cool-season grasses and legumes. Have you done all that you can to improve that forage production through managed grazing and fertility management? If you have, then you may be ready to consider annual forages in your grazing system.

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How I Use My Pastures, Doug Gehner, Russell C. Hackley, Gil Myers Jan 2006

How I Use My Pastures, Doug Gehner, Russell C. Hackley, Gil Myers

Kentucky Grazing Conference

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Tall Fescue From 1931-2006, Garry D. Lacefield Jan 2006

Tall Fescue From 1931-2006, Garry D. Lacefield

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Tall fescue is the most important coolseason grass grown in the “Heart of America”. It is a versatile plant used for animal feed, lawns and turf, and conservation purposes.

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Mineral Supplements And Feed Additives--Can They Eliminate Fescue Toxicity?, John Thomas Johns Jan 2006

Mineral Supplements And Feed Additives--Can They Eliminate Fescue Toxicity?, John Thomas Johns

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Fescue is the predominate cool season grass in much of the United States due to its wide adaptation and hardiness. Many of these acres however, contain an endophytic fungus resulting in production of toxins with negative effects on grazing cattle. The two primary responses in beef cattle are an increase in core body temperature and a decrease in dry matter intake. As a result, decreases in reproductive rates, milk production, weaning weights and ADG are seen (Tables 1 and 2). Many approaches to pasture management have been advocated to overcome or minimize the problem such as incorporation of legumes, rotational …

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Developing Watering Systems For Efficient Grazing, Kevin Laurent Jan 2006

Developing Watering Systems For Efficient Grazing, Kevin Laurent

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Whether you call it rotational grazing, intensive grazing or management intensive grazing, the economic benefits of controlling how and where your cattle graze are well documented. Increased forage utilization, greater stocking rates, greater legume persistence, reduced hay feeding and more uniform nutrient recycling are just some of the many benefits producers can take advantage of when practicing some form of controlled grazing. However, one of the greatest challenges to implementing a controlled grazing system is the delivery of stock water to the grazing animal.

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Grazing Programs: Environmentally Friendly, Economically Sound And Agronomically Feasible, Sid Brantly Jan 2006

Grazing Programs: Environmentally Friendly, Economically Sound And Agronomically Feasible, Sid Brantly

Kentucky Grazing Conference

The environmental soundness of our farms is the greatest, long term asset that farmers have. The topsoil, the trees, the cattle, the grass and crops on your farm are like unto a great financial account...and you are the banker. You make the decisions to: A) Use it all up now, B) Lock it away for someone in the future to make the decisions, or C) Utilize wisely in such a way that it is managed for financial success today, and still builds momentum for your future as well as your descendents.

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Animal Behavior: Impacts On Grazing, Mark Kennedy Jan 2006

Animal Behavior: Impacts On Grazing, Mark Kennedy

Kentucky Grazing Conference

I am not an expert on this subject and give all credit for my limited understanding of this subject to Dr. Fred Provenza, Utah State University; Katy Voth, Livestock for Landscapes, LLC; Jim Gerrish and others. I have tried to put into practice, both personally and with other producers, many of these principles to aid in improved grazing management. This presentation will address only 2 aspects of animal behavior; 1) How animal behavior impacts grazing distribution and forage utilization over the landscape, and 2) How animal behavior affects diet selection.

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Growing Forage Crops For Wildlife, Don Ball Jan 2006

Growing Forage Crops For Wildlife, Don Ball

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Numerous forage crops adapted in the Southeast offer benefits in production of various domestic animals including beef and dairy cattle, horses, and sheep (Ball, et al., 2002). Many of the same attributes these plants offer when grown in connection with livestock enterprises are also valuable in wildlife settings. Furthermore, the attitudes of many wildlife managers are changing, and their desire for knowledge of forage crops is on the rise. Consequently, forage crops are becoming more important and more greatly appreciated by wildlife enthusiasts within our region.

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Maximizing Production Of Beef Cattle On Pastures, Justin Sexten Jan 2006

Maximizing Production Of Beef Cattle On Pastures, Justin Sexten

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Standardized performance analysis (SPA) of beef cattle operations continues to demonstrate the importance of reducing feed related costs. As producers look for alternative methods to reduce feed costs the benefits of improved forage management become increasingly important due to the opportunity to reduce feed costs while improving animal performance. One note of caution related to maximizing beef production from pasture, maximizing anything must be done carefully, the difference between maximum success and a total disaster is a fine line.

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Grazing Program For Goats, Greg Brann Jan 2006

Grazing Program For Goats, Greg Brann

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Goats are often referred to as four legged bush hogs and actually they perform best when consuming browse. Goats eat from the top down so fields have a mown appearance even when forage is three feet tall. The typical browse height for goats is up to four foot however, they will rise up on their hind legs and sometimes prop on others backs to reach higher. Goats have an affinity for high quality forage. Much of the vegetation we have considered weeds as beef producers is excellent forage for goats. Goats select the high quality leaves and tender growing tips …

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From Traditional Confinement Dairying To Grazing Replacement Heifers, Bill Payne Jan 2006

From Traditional Confinement Dairying To Grazing Replacement Heifers, Bill Payne

Kentucky Grazing Conference

I would like to share an account of a transition from a conventional dairy operation to our current Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) enterprise. In 1974, I joined my father who at that time had been dairying on a 265 acre farm in Lincoln County, Kentucky for twenty five years. We fed our registered Holsteins corn silage and alfalfa haylage and purchased a manufactured feed. Our herd of 70 Holsteins spent most of their time on concrete. We did make an effort to allow access to an exercise lot when weather permitted. However, during the greater part of the 1990’s we …

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Pastures For Horses: Challenges And Opportunities, Robert Coleman Jan 2006

Pastures For Horses: Challenges And Opportunities, Robert Coleman

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Horses were born to eat grass and how they evolved has allowed them to be efficient users of a high forage diet. In fact, for many of today’s horses, they will survive and thrive on an all forage diet.

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January 26, 2006, James Madison University Jan 2006

January 26, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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The Setonian, January 26, 2006, Seton Hall University Jan 2006

The Setonian, January 26, 2006, Seton Hall University

2006

No abstract provided.

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The Statesman, V. 49, I. 27, Stony Brook University Jan 2006

The Statesman, V. 49, I. 27, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 49, i. 27

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Nebraska 4-H Household Technology And Interest Survey, Bradley S. Barker, Debra Kay Meier Jan 2006

Nebraska 4-H Household Technology And Interest Survey, Bradley S. Barker, Debra Kay Meier

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Nationally, 4-H has placed renewed emphasis in the areas of Science and Technology as a way to prepare youth for the 21st century workplace. Home access may become necessary to youth as they develop science and technology literacy via 4-H programs. A survey was sent to a random sample of 1,414 Nebraska families from a total population of 13,516. The survey examined the percentage of families that have access to computers and the Internet at home, computer components, use characteristics and specific areas of interest in science and technology. Results indicate that 96 percent of Nebraska 4-H families have access …

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Um Researcher Uses Virus To Track Cougar Populations, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Jan 2006

Um Researcher Uses Virus To Track Cougar Populations, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

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Commonwealth Times 2006-01-26 Jan 2006

Commonwealth Times 2006-01-26

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

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Prelude To A Kiss, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Jan 2006

Prelude To A Kiss, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2005-2006 Season

Peter and Rita are two young, happy lovers who are getting married. On their wedding day, after their nuptial kiss, an old man comes up to kiss the bride. During this kiss, their souls exchange, and the young, beautiful woman Peter just married now houses the soul of a dying, old man. On their honeymoon, Peter starts to notice that something's not quite right. When he discovers the truth, he confronts the old man, who now holds Rita's soul. Peter struggles with the notion that this is his young bride, and he works feverishly to put the souls back in …

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Daily Eastern News: January 26, 2006, Eastern Illinois University Jan 2006

Daily Eastern News: January 26, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Kenyon Collegian - January 26, 2006 Jan 2006

Kenyon Collegian - January 26, 2006

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

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The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Jan 2006

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

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The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University Jan 2006

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

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Can We Graze Year-Around In The Heart Of America, Edward N. Ballard Jan 2006

Can We Graze Year-Around In The Heart Of America, Edward N. Ballard

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Feed costs represent the major cost in most livestock production systems. A recently completed analysis of 225 Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Beef Cow Records on herds in Illinois and Iowa showed that feed cost was the overriding factor determining profitability, explaining over 57 percent of the herd-to-herd variation. Typically the cost of supplying nutrients to ruminant livestock is much greater using harvested feedstuffs as opposed to grazing pastures or crop residues. The primary function of a grassland farm is to convert solar energy to marketable livestock products in the most efficient manner. The fewer steps between the animal product and …

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Foreword And Conference Information [2006], Garry D. Lacefield, Christi L. Forsythe Jan 2006

Foreword And Conference Information [2006], Garry D. Lacefield, Christi L. Forsythe

Kentucky Grazing Conference

No abstract provided.

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January 25, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jan 2006

January 25, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

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January 25, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jan 2006

January 25, 2006 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

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The Anchor, Volume 119.12: January 25, 2006, Hope College Jan 2006

The Anchor, Volume 119.12: January 25, 2006, Hope College

The Anchor: 2006

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

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The Vaccine Industry: Does It Need A Shot In The Arm?, Eileen Salinsky, Cole Werble Jan 2006

The Vaccine Industry: Does It Need A Shot In The Arm?, Eileen Salinsky, Cole Werble

National Health Policy Forum

This paper broadly examines the scientific, regulatory, and economic factors that contribute to constrained vaccine production capacity, periodic vaccine shortages, and perceptions of inadequate investment in new vaccine product development. It describes the vaccine development and production processes and summarizes how regulatory requirements influence these activities. Market dynamics related to vaccine supply and demand are also explored, including an examination of the industry’s cost structure, potential market size, and purchaser price sensitivity. A broad range of policy interventions designed to address shortcomings of the vaccine market are considered.

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The Winonan, Winona State University Jan 2006

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2000s

No abstract provided.

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