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Relationships Between Pasture Management Inputs And Pasture Consumption Rates In Non‐Irrigateddairy Systems In South‐Eastern Australia, J. Tharmaraj, D. F. Chapman, J. Hill

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

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Changes In The Physiology Of Tall Fescue During Regrowth, Danny J. Donaghy, Lydia R. Turner, K. A. Adamczewski, L. L. Burkitt

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.

Changes Of Mineral Nutriments In Leaves Of Two Tall Fescue Cultivars By Foliar Application Of Iron And Zinc Under Heat Stress, Sheng Xu, Xingyuan He, Wei Chen, Jianlong Li

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

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Root Phenotypic Plasticity In Response To P Deficiency In Two Tall Fescue Cultivars, Mónica G. Agnusdei, M. J. Martinefsky, A. Mollier, S. Pellerin, Silvia G. Assuero

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.

Resources Use Efficiency In Tall Fescue And Annual Ryegrass Pastures With Different Nitrogen Nutrition (Humid Pampa, Argentina), Mónica G. Agnusdei, M. A. Marino, F. Lattanz

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.

Radiation Use Efficiency Of Alfalfa‐Tall Fescue Mixtures In A Temperate Humid Area, Omar Scheneiter, O. Bertín

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

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Grazing Summer‐Active Tall Fescue In South‐Eastern Australia, Margaret Raeside, Michael A. Friend, Alister Lawson

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

No abstract provided.

Tall Fescue: Forage And Seed Production Economics, M. Anowarul Islam

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

Irrigated grass pastures are essential components of western U.S. agriculture, especially on cattle ranches of the intermountain region. Unfortunately, the yield and quality of these grasslands are relatively low compared to the national average because of current management practices (Jacobs et al., 1993). Attempts have been made to increase forage yields of these pastures by fertilization and applying or controlling irrigations but these efforts have resulted in minimum success (Jacobs et al., 1993). The price increase of fertilizer, energy, and fuel has made improvement of these natural grasslands more difficult and thus threatens the profitability and sustainability of …

Defoliation Impact On The Above And Belowground Productivity Of Festuca Arundinaceae Schreb, Hennie A. Snyman, P. J. Malan

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

The main objective of pasture management is to maximize plant productivity and ensure sustainable animal performance, without inducing pasture deterioration. Many researchers indicated that plant survival and sustainable production is a function of seedbed preparation, irrigation and defoliation, with defoliation having the largest impact on plant persistence (Fulkerson and Donaghy, 2001). The net effect of defoliation (degree of intensity and frequency) can therefore either be beneficial or detrimental to survival and productivity of a pasture. The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of different intensities and frequencies of defoliation on above- and belowground phytomass production of the …

Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea) Stockpiling Response To N Fertilizer In Southern Virginia As Affected By Biological Soil Quality, Christopher D. Teutsch, Robert Shoemaker, Alan J. Franzluebbers

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

Cattlemen in the eastern USA profitably utilize endophyte-infected tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) for fall-stockpiled winter grazing. Ergot alkaloid concentration in fescue tends to decline in winter. This improves the quality of fescue for grazing when the supply of other forage becomes limited on most farms. Tall fescue dry matter yields generally respond favorably to nitrogen (N) inputs, but response can be limited with summer application due to accumulation of biologically available N in soil. Research is needed to characterize a diversity of pastures for response to N fertilizer during fall stockpiling.

Biological soil quality can be estimated with …

Nitrogen And Radiation Use Efficiency In Temperate Pastures For Low Quality Soils, Natalia M. Correa, Jorge O. Scheneiter

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

In the humid pampa of Argentina, tall fescue is used in wet or low fertility soils whereas tall wheatgrass is used in flooded and alkaline environments (Maddaloni y Ferrari 2005). Autumn and winter growth rates are lower than in spring, and higher in tall fescue than in tall wheatgrass. In these species, maximum responses to nitrogen (N) fertilization occurs when it is done at the end of winter, but livestock farmers sometimes fertilize swards in late summer with the aim to get more forage in late autumn and winter. Due to the characteristics of the environments to which they adapt …

Flexible Forage Systems For Variable Water Supplies, Mary-Jane E. Rogers, Alister Lawson, Kevin Kelly

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

The dairy industry in northern Victoria, Australia is primarily based on the border check irrigation of temperate forage species over the spring to autumn period. Traditionally, dairy cows have grazed the perennial species (white clover and perennial ryegrass) and annual pastures (based on short-lived ryegrasses and subterranean or Persian clover). However, due to a more variable climate – particularly a period where the annual rainfall has been significantly less than the long-term average – the summer irrigation allocations have been substantially lower and more variable than the preceding 20-30 years. Under this climate scenario, dairy farmers are re-evaluating their feed …

Estimating Crude Protein Concentration Of A Grass Sward Using Spectral Measurements, Joseph L. Moyer, Chuyuan Wang, Bohua Ling, Kevin P. Price

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

While measurement of forage mass (FM) is fundamental to evaluating sward productivity, its forage quality determines the value for grazing. Optical sensing devices have varying potential for estimating forage characteristics. Instruments such as the Greenseeker®, which measures normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) have been related to various characteristics, but are confounded with canopy traits (Biewer et al. 2009). Simultaneous readings of NDVI and FM were used to separate their contributions to sward crude protein CP using multiple regression (Moyer et al. 2010).

Relationships in swards of tall fescue (Lolium arundinacium Schreb.) were poorer than in other species, …