Factors Affecting Forage Quality

This document is SS-AGR-93, one of a series of the Department of Agronomyt, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2002. Revised July 2015 and June 2018. Original authors were A. T. Adesogan, professor, Department of Animal Sciences; L. E. Sollenberger, distinguished professor, Agronomy Department; and J. E. Moore, professor emeritus, Department of Animal Sciences. This publication is a part of the Florida Forage Handbook, an electronic publication of the Department of Agronomy. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

M.O. Wallau, assistant professor,  Department of Agronomy; T. Adesogan, professor, Department of Animal Sciences; L. E. Sollenberger, distinguished professor, Department of Agronomy; J. M. B. Vendramini, associate professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center; J. C. B. Dubeux, Jr., associate professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.