Evaluation of Small Grain Forage Crops and Cultivars of Soft Red Winter Wheat for Stocker Cattle

Authors

L. B. Daniels, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
K. F. Harrison, Livestock and Forestry Research Station, Batesville
D. S. Hubbell III, Livestock and Forestry Research Station, Batesville
E. B. Kegley, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
D. Hellwig, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Z. B. Johnson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-1-2004

Keywords

Arkansas, cultivars, small grain crops

Abstract

Use of small grain forage crops for stocker cattle production was extensively evaluated in two separate three-year research projects at the Livestock and Forestry Branch Research Station near Batesville, Ark. The first section of this Research Report presents results of a study in which 216 commercial crossbred steers (Avg. body weights 463 lb) grazed forage of wheat, oats, rye, ryegrass, wheat + rye, wheat + ryegrass, rye + ryegrass, and wheat + rye + ryegrass during the winter and spring months from 1999 through 2002. Grazing of these forages during the winter and spring provides excellent gains in stocker cattle and could increase the agricultural income for the state by over 100 million dollars per year.

Citation

Daniels, L. B., Harrison, K. F., Hubbell, D. S., Kegley, E. B., Hellwig, D., & Johnson, Z. B. (2004). Evaluation of Small Grain Forage Crops and Cultivars of Soft Red Winter Wheat for Stocker Cattle. Research Reports and Research Bulletins. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/aaesrb/25

Series Number

973