The cattle consumed an average of 10.2 kg dry matter daily of a finishing ration of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and grass hay18. The area surrounding the feedlot was mainly cropland planted to wheat with sheep pasture lying to the northeast and grassland to the south (Fig. 5). ...
Several recent papers suggest that dung beetles may affect fluxes of GHGs from cattle farming. Here, we put these previous findings into context. Using Finland as an example, we assessed GHG emissions at three scales: the dung pat, pasture ecosystem, and whole lifecycle of milk or beef ...
Silvopasture is an alternative to open pasture (OP), but the effect of trees on understory grass canopy structure and tiller morphology is not well defined. Our objective was to compare herbage accumulation, canopy structure, and tiller morphology of Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)...
Nutrient transport by livestock on pasture has been studied intensively (e.g., Haynes and Williams1993; Schnyder et al.2010; Zhou et al.2017a) and we know much about patterns in vegetation diversity and structure created by different livestock species at paddock-scale that play a crucial role ...
B. et al. The Relationship between Microbial Community Structure and Functional Stability, Tested Experimentally in an Upland Pasture Soil. Microbial Ecology 47, 104–113, doi: 10.1007/s00248-002-2043-7 (2004). 32. Ben-Moshe, T., Frenk, S., Dror, I., Minz, D. & Berkowitz, B. ...