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Integrating Livestock And Winter Annual Forages Into A No-Till Corn Silage System

Stefani Faé, Giovani
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228162408

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2008, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Horticulture and Crop Science.
Many benefits of crop rotational systems have been documented, but little information is available regarding the potential of crop and livestock grazing rotations in the US Corn Belt. The objective of this research was to study changes in soil properties, crop production and animal performance in a no-till integrated crop-livestock system. Three cover crop treatments were planted after corn silage harvest: annual ryegrass, an oat + rye mixture, and a no cover crop control. Cover crops were grazed by dairy heifers in autumn 2006 and spring 2007. Forage yield was greater for oat + rye, resulting in greater animal carrying capacity than annual ryegrass in spring 2007, autumn 2007 and spring 2008, but not in autumn 2006. Animal traffic from grazing increased soil penetration resistance compared with the ungrazed control; however, no differences in subsequent silage corn yield were found among treatments. Both cover crop treatments had greater root yield, soil microbial flush, and particulate organic carbon concentrations in the 0 to 15 cm soil depth than the no cover crop control. The integration of a cover crop into corn silage production in Ohio has the potential to provide additional livestock grazing and increase labile soil carbon without detrimental effects on subsequent corn silage productivity provided grazing is carefully managed.
R. Mark Sulc, Dr. (Advisor)
David J. Barker, Dr. (Committee Member)
Richard P. Dick, Dr. (Committee Member)
Maurice L. Eastridge, Dr. (Committee Member)
107 p.
Agriculture; Agronomy; Ecology; Livestock; Soil Sciences
WINTER ANNUAL FORAGES; COVER CROPS; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION; NO-TILL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON, CORN SILAGE; CROP ROTATION; SOIL COMPACTION; FORAGE QUALITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL FLUSH

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  • Stefani Faé, G. (2008). Integrating Livestock And Winter Annual Forages Into A No-Till Corn Silage System [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228162408

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stefani Faé, Giovani. Integrating Livestock And Winter Annual Forages Into A No-Till Corn Silage System. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228162408.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stefani Faé, Giovani. "Integrating Livestock And Winter Annual Forages Into A No-Till Corn Silage System." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228162408

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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