EFFECT OF CATTLE GRAZING ON SUBSEQUENT GRAIN YIELD OF FALL RYE (Secale cereale L.) IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN

Abstract

Fall rye grain yields were reduced when grazed during the fall of the seeding year, spring of the succeeding year or when grazed during both the fall and spring periods. Spring grazing reduced grain yield by only 10% and fall grazing by only 17%; grazing in both fall and spring reduced yield by 25%.