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Sheep grazing effectively controls weeds in seedling alfalfa

Author(s) -

Carl E. Bell,

Juan N. Guerrero

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v051n02p19

Subject(s) - grazing , agronomy , seedling , forage , biology , hay , weed control , weed , alfalfa hay , rumen , food science , fermentation

A 3-year experiment compared sheep grazing to herbicides for weed control in seedling alfalfa in the Imperial Valley. Yields for the first season were highest with the grazed treatment and the untreated control because of the contribution of weeds to the hay. There was no difference in the alfalfa forage yield and density among any of the treatments. Lambs preferred weeds to the alfalfa, and the nutritional value of the weeds was usually comparable to that of the alfalfa.

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