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Meat Production from Forages in the Northeast¹

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802

ABSTRACT

The purposes of this paper were to determine the animal-forage management practices used in the Northeast and to review practices which may increase efficiency of utilization. University agronomy and animal science specialists and producers in 12 Northeastern states were surveyed by mail questionnaire. Pertinent results are presented and are related to animal-forage management practices which have been developed and tested through research. Literature and results of surveying individuals are reviewed for factors such as present and potential use of land with soil and site limitations, annually-seeded forages, extension of the grazing season, continuous versus rotational grazing, forward and creep grazing, and grass-legume versus grass plus nitrogen for forage production in the Northeast.

¹ Contribution from the Departments of Dairy and Animal Science and Agronomy; approved as Publication No. 5759 in the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series; presented as a portion of a symposium, "The Production of Meat and Milk from Forages" at the Northeast Region American Dairy Science Association—Society of Animal Science meetings, June 17–19, 1979, University of West Virginia.

² Department of Animal Science.

³ Department of Agronomy.

⁴ The authors express appreciation to Marlene Sovyak, M. J. Weiss, and D. D. Fisher for technical assistance in conducting the Livestock-Forage Management Survey and in preparation of this paper.