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Lancaster Agricultural Research Station, Lancaster, WISCONSIN, USA
2007 Cool-Season Grass Seeding
Grazing Trial-intake results
2008 Grazing Periods							2008
		May 12	Jun 12	Jul 15	Aug 10	Sep 23	Total
Specie	Variety	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*
		ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a
Orchardgrass	OG0203G	1.54	0.91	1.12	0.71	0.80	5.08
Perennial ryegrass	BOOST	0.76	1.56	1.14	0.36	0.56	4.38
Timothy	TM9701	1.11	1.04	1.07	0.47	0.32	4.01
Perennial ryegrass	POWER	0.36	1.03	0.66	0.34	0.51	2.91
Perennial ryegrass	VERANO	0.40	0.59	0.88	0.41	0.54	2.82
Mean		0.83	1.03	0.97	0.46	0.55	3.84
LSD 5%							0.46
CV%							7.90
*intake based on difference between before-graze and after-graze pasture plate measurements.
Grazing Trial-palatability results
							2008
		May 12	Jun 12	Jul 15	Aug 10	Sep 23	Average
Specie	Variety	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^
Perennial ryegrass	VERANO	4.0	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.7
Timothy	TM9701	3.8	3.0	3.3	3.5	3.0	3.3
Perennial ryegrass	POWER	3.8	2.0	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0
Perennial ryegrass	BOOST	3.5	1.8	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.9
Orchardgrass	OG0203G	2.5	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.8	2.4
Mean		3.5	2.4	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1
LSD 5%							0.6
CV%							13.2
^PALAT.=Palatability rating 0=0% grazed, 1=20%, 2=40%, 3=60%, 4=80%, 5=100% grazed.
Palatability of grasses under grazing is determined by visual estimation of percent defoliation of plots.
The visual determination is made midway during mob grazing by beef cows of the grass plots for intake determination.
Creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass plots did not survive winter