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 4

Analysis of variance of forage mass, residual herbage, forage disappearance, and forage use as a function of stocking density, grazing interval, year, and their interactions.

Source of variationForage massResidualDisappearance
P value

Stocking density (SD)0.01550.0312NS
Year (YR)<0.00010.0623<0.0001
Grazing interval (GI)<0.0001<0.00010.0009
0.00220.0008<0.0001
<0.00010.0011NS
NSNSNS
0.00100.01750.0427

: stocking density. Low SD = 7.41 steers haāˆ’1 and high SD = 12.35 steers haāˆ’1.