Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production: On Grazed Grasslands is a practical resource for scientists who need to understand interactions between cattle genetics and the environment when selecting breed types across different environments to optimize cattle production. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of profitable cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental regulations and optimizing cattle welfare. Discusses how stocking impacts cattle performance to optimize beef productionProvides grazing systems tools to maintain sustainable, productive pastures and rangelands to increase livestock productionPresents innovations in cattle feeding and watering systems to be used to minimize impacts on water and soil qualityIncludes control methods of noxious weeds needed to maintain forage composition, pasture and rangeland condition, and ecosystem stability INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Challenges of Forage-Based Cattle Production 3. Maintaining Soil Fertility and Health in Productive Pastures 4. Weed Control in Grazed Pastures 5. Stocking Rates and Methods:  The Primary Management Tools 6. Pasture Finished Beef 7. Grazing management of Forages in Subtropical Grasslands 8. Grazing management of Forages in the Temperate Grasslands of the Midwest and Northeast 9. Grazing management of Forages in the Transition Zone between the Subtropical and Temperate Grasslands 10. Management of Western Rangelands

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814474-9
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés