James T. Green

TL;DR: There are potentially important differences in fatty acid composition of milk from cows consuming a warm season pasture species compared with milk from animals consuming a total mixed ration, as well as differences between Holstein and Jersey breeds.

TL;DR: Pastured cows had fewer clinical cases of mastitis, lower body condition scores, and lower body weights than confinement cows, and Holsteins were less likely to rebreed, had moremastitis, higher culling rates, and higher body condition Scores than Jerseys.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied biomass production of two upland and two lowland cultivars under two different managements at eight sites in the upper southeastern USA during 1999-2001 (Sites had been planted in 1992 and continuously managed for biomass production).

TL;DR: Lowland switchgrass cultivars appear better suited to biomass production in the upper southeastern USA, due to their greater productivity, and two vs. one cutting per year may be of less advantage for biomass yield with lowland cultivars in this region.

TL;DR: Milk production was lower in this study for pasture-based systems but lower feed costs, lower culling costs, and other economic factors indicate that pasture- based systems can be competitive with confinement systems.