The effect of cattle winter feeding systems on soil nutrients, forage growth, animal performance, and economics

Overwintering of cows is a major cost in a cow-calf production system on the prairies. Winter feeding hay and straw directly on pasture is a potentially more efficient and economical system compared to conventional drylot feeding in a yard. The objectives of the research described in this thesis wer...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jungnitsch, Paul F.
Other Authors: Schoenau, Jeffrey J. (Jeff)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-05202008-212947/