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Comparative Utilization of Alfalfa-Bromegrass Pasture Under Rotational and Daily Strip Grazing¹

Department of Animal Husbandry, Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, Palmer

ABSTRACT

The efficiency of herbage utilization from alfalfa-bromegrass (M. falcata and B. inermis) pasture under rotational and strip-grazing management was compared for three grazing seasons. The expression of increased efficiency as increased carrying capacity was precluded by restricting grazing, so that the cows on each system had equal opportunity to utilize the available herbage. Under these restrictions, dairy cows at a moderate level of milk production utilized alfalfa-bromegrass pasture almost as efficiently under rotational grazing as under strip grazing.

¹ Approved for publication by the Director, Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, Palmer, Alaska, as Technical Publication 10.