{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Gruber CE"],"pubmed_abstract":["With the continued increase of fertilizer prices, stocker cattle producers may utilize alternative management strategies to mitigate costs and extend the grazing season to achieve better utilization of a wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) crop. One potential strategy is to reduce pasture nitrogen (<b>N</b>) fertilization rates combined with animal dietary supplementation. In this 3-year (<b>yr</b>) study, wheat pastures (1.62-hectare (<b>ha</b>)) were stocked at fixed rates of 2.47 and 4.94 steer/ha in the fall and spring respectively. Nitrogen was applied as urea to experimental pastures at three different rates: 1) 100.9 (<b>100N</b>), 2) 134.5 (<b>135N</b>), and 3) 168.1 kg N/ha (<b>168N</b>). These pastures were compared to pastures with a N application rate of 100.9 kg N/ha stocked w"],"journal":["Translational animal science"],"pagination":["txaf116"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12448397"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of variable nitrogen fertilization rates and dried distillers grains plus solubles supplementation on forage use, animal performance, and economic outcomes of steer calves grazing winter wheat pastures."],"pmcid":["PMC12448397"],"pubmed_authors":["Gadberry MS","Johnson ML","Hess T","Gruber CE","Snider MA","Rivera JD","Kegley EB","Mitchell JL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of variable nitrogen fertilization rates and dried distillers grains plus solubles supplementation on forage use, animal performance, and economic outcomes of steer calves grazing winter wheat pastures.","description":"With the continued increase of fertilizer prices, stocker cattle producers may utilize alternative management strategies to mitigate costs and extend the grazing season to achieve better utilization of a wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) crop. One potential strategy is to reduce pasture nitrogen (<b>N</b>) fertilization rates combined with animal dietary supplementation. In this 3-year (<b>yr</b>) study, wheat pastures (1.62-hectare (<b>ha</b>)) were stocked at fixed rates of 2.47 and 4.94 steer/ha in the fall and spring respectively. Nitrogen was applied as urea to experimental pastures at three different rates: 1) 100.9 (<b>100N</b>), 2) 134.5 (<b>135N</b>), and 3) 168.1 kg N/ha (<b>168N</b>). These pastures were compared to pastures with a N application rate of 100.9 kg N/ha stocked w","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-06-03T17:02:09.466Z","creation":"2026-05-30T03:06:26.335Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12448397","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40980500"],"doi":["10.1093/tas/txaf116"]}}