Research Article

Winter Grazing in a Grass-Fed System: Effect of Stocking Density and Sequential Use of Autumn-Stockpiled Grassland on Performance of Yearling Steers

Table 3

Forage mass, residual forage mass, and forage disappearance by stocking density for two years.

YearStocking Forage massResidualDisappearance
kg ha−1

2011Low SD
High SD
2012Low SD
High SD

Means in the same column followed by a different lowercase letter are different at the 0.05 probability level.
: stocking density. Low SD = 7.41 steers ha−1 and high SD = 12.35 steers ha−1.