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Protein Degradability and Forage Quality in Maturing Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Birdsfoot Trefoil

^a Southwest Res. and Extension Center, University of Arkansas, 362 Hwy 174N, Hope, AR 71801 USA
^b W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI USA
^c Dep. of Animal Sci., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
^d Cooperative Extension, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 USA

View larger version (31K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1 (A) Normal and actual monthly precipitation and (B) average air temperature at East Lansing, MI from 1991 to 1993

View larger version (55K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2 (A) In situ dry matter degradability (ISDMD), (B) acid detergent fiber (ADF), and (C) neutral detergent fiber (NDF), (D) crude protein (CP), (E) undegradable intake protein on crude protein basis (UIPIP), and (F) undegradable intake protein on dry matter basis (UIP) of alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, and red clover harvested at three harvest dates in spring and regrowth cuttings from 1991 to 1993. Cuttings indicated with SxD had a significant species x harvest date interaction for that variable