Government of Alberta

Effects of a polycrop or oat monocrop on forage yield, nutritive value, utilization and weaned steer performance for winter swath grazing

This 3-year study assessed winter beef cattle performance swath-grazing either (i) polycrop system (PC) comprising CDC-SO1 oat (Avena sativa L.), Golden Globe turnip (Brassica rapa L.), Hunter turnip (Brassica rapa L.), Goliath forage rape (Brassica napus L.) and 4010 forage pea...