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Presenter Email: mmaidup@ksu.edu
Presentation Title: A Comparison of Stocking Systems for
Shortgrass Rangeland
Presenter Name: Matt I. Maidup,
Collaborators Names: H. Janson, and J.R. Jagg
Presenter Employer/Agency/University: Kansas State University Ag Research Center
– Hays, 1232 240th Ave.,
Hays, KS 67601
I am a: Student
Presentation
Type: Oral
Wildlife Contest Entry: Yes
Abstract: A comparison of animal gains and vegetation
trends was made from 2002-2008 between a continuous season-long stocking (SLS)
system and a modified intensive-early stocking system with late season grazing
(IES 1.6X + 1) on shortgrass native rangeland of western Kansas. Average daily gains and total animal gain
were different between the continuous season-long stocked and the
intensive-early stocked animals during the first half of the grazing season. No
difference was found between average daily gain and total animal gain for the
continuous season-long stocked and intensive-early stocked with late season
grazing animals during the last half of the season. Total individual animal
gain and average daily gain was not different between the continuous
season-long stocked and the intensive-early stocked system animals that were on
pasture the entire grazing season. Total beef gain on a land area basis (85 vs.
68 lb/acre, P=0.008) was greater for the modified intensive-early stocked
system with late season grazing with greater early animal densities. Changes in residual biomass and most key
vegetation components at the end of the grazing season were not different
between the two systems.
