Authors

W. C. McCone

Bulletin No.

407

Document Type

Bulletin

Department

Department of Animal Husbandry

Description

Many feeders are following the practice of fattening beef cattle on pasture. To aid the producer in planning his feeding program, research was conducted on various methods of using the feeds available on most South Dakota farms. Other experiment stations have shown the worth of limited winter feeding, followed by using maximum amounts of grass, in the production of fat yearlings. The present study is a report on the suitability of this method under South Dakota conditions and with locally grown feeds.
Research was planned to study: (1) the efficiency of various South Dakota roughages in rations for wintering beef calves, and (2) the practicability and economy of fattening these calves on grass as yearlings.
Feeding trials were designed to measure the beef producing capacity, on a per acre basis, of two types of pasture common in South Dakota. This information should be beneficial in planning a pasture and crop rotation system which will result in greater over-all farm production for this area.
The experiment divided itself naturally into two parts, a winter phase and a summer phase, which will be discussed separately.

Keywords

fattening yearling beef cattle on pasture, finishing beef cattle on pasture

Pages

4

Publication Date

3-1951

Type

text

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

South Dakota Experiment Station, South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts

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