Abstract
During the initial 3 years of a 4-year experiment, average daily gain tended to increase in direct proportion to increasing levels of grain sorghum supplementation (2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 lb gain per day for the control and 2 and 4 lb supplement per day, respectively). The amount of grass remaining in the pastures at the end of the growing season (October 1) was greater in each of the 3 years when cattle were supplemented at 4 lb/day. During the 2 years (1989 and 1990) that feedlot performance was monitored, level of supplementation for grazing steers did not influence subsequent feedlot gain or efficiency.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1991, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 91-355-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 623, Beef, Intensive-early stocking, Supplementation, Grain sorghum, Milo
How to Cite:
Cochran, R., Brandt, R. T., Jr., Vanzant, E., Clary, E. & Owensby, C. E., (1991) “Increasing levels of grain supplementation for intensive-early stocked steers: three-year summary”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 48-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2210
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