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Gaps in Knowledge and Technology for Finishing Cattle on Forages¹

Abstract

There is good probability that less grain will be fed per head to beef cattle in the future than in the past as a result of increased foreign demand and higher prices for grain. Demand for beef will remain high. To maintain needed supplies we will need to provide increased amounts of digestible energy from forages to replace that lost through reduced grain consumption. Grassland acreages are being reduced in favor of grain production. Even so they can provide the digestible energy required to maintain beef production at present or increased levels via a) improved forage-livestock production systems, b) increasing yield through improved cultivars and increasing production inputs, c) improving dry matter digestibility through improved cultivars and harvesting or grazing at appropriate times, and d) by improved utilization of digestible energy produced. Not all the needed technology is available and forage research must be increased considerably to provide the new technology needed.

¹ Invitational paper presented as part of the Symposium on Finishing Cattle on Pasture and Other Forages, held during the Annual Meeting of the A.S.A.S. at Fort Collins, CO, July 27 to 30, 1975.

² Formerly principal Agronomist, Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Now assistant to the Director, Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Madison 53706.