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About this Publication
This document is SS-AGR-90, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Originally written by C. G. Chambliss (deceased) and M. B. Adjei (deceased) in June 1999. Original publication date April 2002. Revised November 2018. The information in this document was adapted from Production and Utilization of Pasture and Forages in North Carolina, Technical Bulletin 305, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University and is published with their permission. This publication is also a part of the Florida Forage Handbook, an electronic publication of the Agronomy Department. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
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Authors
associate program leader for agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, and forage Extension specialist and associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy
center director, Texas A&M AgriLife Stephenville Research and Extension Center, former professor and forage specialist, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center
Extension agent IV emeritus, livestock, and former county Extension director, UF/IFAS Extension Levy County, Bronson, FL
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