Controlled Grazing of Virginia's Pastures

Authors: Harlan E. White and Dale D. Wolf, Virginia Cooperative Extension Agronomists; Department of Forages, Crop, and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech.

Publication Number 418-012, July 1996

Figure 3 When perennial grasses or legumes grow from leafy to bloom growth stages, protein and mineral contents decline dramatically with leafiness. Concurrently, stemminess and cell wall materials increase rapidly as canopies grow to a stemmy bloom stage.

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