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Tables of Contents for The Contribution of Managed Grasslands to Sustainable Agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xxi
2
Steven L. Fales
Preface
xxiii
2
Acknowledgments
xxv
Abstract
1
2
CHAPTER I Introduction
3
8
The Environmental and Economic Underpinnings of the Pasture Revolution
5
2
The Producers' Perspective
7
4
CHAPTER II The Changing Roles of Pasture: An Historical Perspective
11
8
The Dominance of Livestock Agriculture
14
1
Capitalizing on the Advantages of the Ruminant Industry
15
2
The Why Question: Cheap Energy
17
2
CHAPTER III Soil, Nutrient, and Water Conservation with Managed Grasslands
19
24
Soil Management
21
13
Cultivation and Soil Organic Matter
22
4
Grassland Ley Farming
26
1
Management Factors
27
2
Species-Specific Differences
29
1
Mixed Crop and Livestock Agriculture
30
4
Nutrient and Water Management
34
8
Absorbing Kinetic Energy
35
1
Enhancing Infiltration and Reducing Runoff
36
3
Reducing Soil Temperature
39
1
Synchronizing Microbial and Plant Activity
40
1
Leaving Wide C:N Surface Residues
41
1
Synthesis
42
1
CHAPTER IV Pasture-Animal Systems
43
22
Pasture Production
43
10
Environmental Effects
45
2
Plant Nutritional Responses
47
3
Grazing Effects
50
3
Defoliation
50
2
Excreta and Treading
52
1
Cut vs. Grazed Swards
53
1
Animal Nutrition
53
10
Feed Intake and Conversion Efficiency
54
3
Pasture Intake
57
6
Animal Factors
57
3
Pasture Quality
60
3
Pasture Quantity and Structure
63
2
CHAPTER V An Historical Perspective on Pasture Investigation in the Great Lakes Basin: The Ontario Portfolio
65
86
The Pre-1930 Pioneering Era
66
3
Pasture Species in Ontario: Native and Naturalized
66
1
Potential Pasture Productivity
66
1
Pasture Species and Mixtures
67
1
Pasture and Grazing Management
68
1
Synthesis
69
1
The 1930 to 1960 Golden Era
69
37
Ontario Pasture Surveys
69
3
Development of Improved Pasture Strains
72
1
Pasture Research in Southwestern Ontario
73
6
Fertilizing and Manuring of Permanent Pastures
73
1
Species and Mixtures for Short-Term Pastures
74
1
Annual Pastures
75
1
Grazing Trials
76
2
Other Investigations
78
1
Pasture Research in Eastern Ontario
79
15
Fertilization and Manuring of Permanent Pastures
79
3
Species and Mixtures for Short-Term Pastures
82
4
Annual Pastures
86
1
Grazing Trials
86
8
Pasture Research in Northern Ontario
94
2
Fertilizing and Manuring of Permanent Pastures
94
1
Species and Mixtures for Short-Term Pastures
94
1
Annual Pastures
95
1
Grazing Trials
95
1
Pasture Demonstration Projects
96
7
County Hay and Pasture Improvement Programs
96
3
Illustration Stations
99
1
Demonstration Pasture Farms
100
2
Pasture Competitions
102
1
Extension by the Seed Trade
103
1
Synthesis
103
3
The Post-1960 Marginalization Era
106
45
Ontario Pasture Surveys
110
2
Production and Management Practices of Beef
Cow-Calf Farmers
110
1
Benchmark: A Project on Ontario Beef
Cow-Calf Herds
111
1
Grey County Pasture Survey
111
1
Development of Improved Forage Strains
112
1
Improvement of Roughland Pastures
112
4
Improvement of Deep Soil Roughland Pastures
113
2
Improvement of Shallow Soil Roughland Pastures
115
1
Development of the Long-Term Two Pasture System
116
4
Community and Demonstration Pastures
120
9
Objectives and History
120
1
Southern Region
121
3
Eastern Region
124
2
Northern Region
126
3
Pasture Research in Southwestern Ontario
129
5
Pasture Research in Northern Ontario
134
6
Economics of Beef Pasture Feeding Systems
140
8
Recent Market Trends
141
1
Ontario Beef Cow-Calf Studies
142
6
Synthesis
148
3
CHAPTER VI
Summary and Conclusions
151
4
References
155
18
Index
173