Complete report  pdf 17 MB

Photo by Rick Bohn

Overview

Summary of the Year  pdf 2.2 MB

Weather for the 2019-2020 Crop Year  pdf 834 KB

CGREC Staff, Advisory Board and Contact Information  pdf 954 KB

Articles

Range - Patch-burn and Rotational Grazing

Breeding Bird Community Composition in Patch-burn and Modified Twice-over Rotational Grazing Systems  pdf 1.4 MB

Cameron Duquette and Torre Hovick

Avian Nest Survival in a Patch-burn Grazing System  pdf 1.5 MB

Cameron Duquette and Torre Hovick

Cumulative Growth of Forage Production in a Patch-burn Grazing System  pdf 1.1 MB

Erin Gaugler and Kevin Sedivec

Small Mammal Community Responses to Fire and Grazing in the Northern Mixed-grass Prairie  pdf 2.0 MB

Michael Hamel and Ryan Limb

Plant Community Dynamics Under Multiple Land Management Strategies  pdf 1.6 MB

Michael Hamel, Ryan Limb, Erin Gaugler and Kevin Sedivec

Thatch Removal: A New Method for Managing Kentucky Bluegrass in the Northern Great Plains  pdf 1.2 MB

Hayley Hilfer and Ryan Limb

Quantifying the Role of Shelterbelts as Early-season Resources for Honey Production and Hive Growth of Managed Honeybees  pdf 968 KB

Hailey Keen, Benjamin Geaumont and Torre Hovick

Impacts of Patch-burn, Rotational and Continuous Grazing on Livestock Performance and Conception Rates on Kentucky Bluegrass-invaded Mixed-grass Prairie  pdf 1.4 MB

Kevin Sedivec, Michael Hamel, Erin Gaugler, Timothy Long, Devan McGranahan, Ryan Limb and Torre Hovick

How Does a Grazing System Work? Above-ground Cumulative Production and Growth Efficiency with a Modified Twice-over Rest-rotation Treatment  pdf 1.6 MB

Kevin Sedivec, Erin Gaugler, Michael Hamel, Ryan Limb, Devan McGranahan and Torre Hovick       

Mineral Content of Forage With Patch-burn Grazing  pdf 920 KB

Megan Wanchuk, Devan McGranahan and Kevin Sedivec

Animal Science

Beef Cow-calf Performance on Bale-grazed Grass Hay Supplemented with Alfalfa Hay, a Liquid Supplement or Corn Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS)  pdf 1.2 MB

Michael Undi, Kevin Sedivec and Stephanie Becker

Performance of Beef Cattle Housed in a Dry Lot or on Bale-grazed Pasture in Winter  pdf 1.2 MB

Michael Undi, Kevin Sedivec and Stephanie Becker

Effect of Rate of Gain During Early Gestation on Colostrum and Milk Composition in Beef Heifers  pdf 1.5 MB

Friederike Baumgaertner, Ana Clara B. Menezes, Wellison J.S. Diniz, Kevin K. Sedivec, James D. Kirsch, Sarah R. Underdahl, Sheri T. Dorsam, Alison K. Ward, Kacie L. McCarthy, Joel S. Caton and Carl R. Dahlen

Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Rate of Gain in Beef Heifers: Effects of Concentration of Trace Minerals in Maternal and Fetal Liver at Day 83 of Gestation  pdf 1.0 MB

Ana Clara B. Menezes, Kacie L. McCarthy, Cierrah J. Kassetas, Friederike Baumgaertner, James D. Kirsch, Sheri Dorsam, Tammi L. Neville, Alison K. Ward, Pawel P. Borowicz, Lawrence P. Reynolds, Kevin K. Sedivec, J. Chris Forcherio, Ronald Scott, Joel S. Caton and Carl R. Dahlen

Forages and Cover Crops

Forage Production, Quality and Cost Comparison for Selected Varieties of Forage Oats, Forage Barley, Forage Wheat, and Spring Triticale  pdf 1.2 MB

Scott Alm, Kevin Sedivec, Michael Undi and Mike Ostlie

Forage Production and Quality for Selected Varieties of Corn Silage  pdf 1.1 MB

Scott Alm, Justin Leier, Michael Undi and Kevin Sedivec

Forage Production, Livestock Performance, Soil Nutrients and Cost Comparison for Cover Crops Using a Livestock/Cropping Integrated System  pdf 1.0 MB

Dylan Bartels, Kevin Sedivec, Scott Alm, Michael Undi, Erin Gaugler and Justin Leier

Grazing Management Practices to Enhance Soil Health in the Northern Great Plains  pdf 1.3 MB

Erin Gaugler, Miranda Meehan and Kevin Sedivec

Biomass Yield and Quality of Annual Forage Mixtures Compared With Sorghum Monocrops  pdf 1.1 MB

Kenneth Mozea and Marisol Berti

Forage Production and Quality, Livestock Performance and Cost Comparison for Winter Cereal Forages  pdf 1.13 MB

Kevin Sedivec, Scott Alm, Michael Undi and Justin Leier