Volume 1 highlights plant adaptation and the complexity of forage management by integrating soil, climate, and herbivory factors with production goals. Provides a broad, national coverage of key species and management practices in a framework of comparative analysis.
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This book along with the fifth edition of volume 2 is awesome. If you're into hay making or grassland ag these books are the best. Also, if you do hay and want more info there's a book called Harvested Forages that compliments these two books. It's hard to find but if you can dig it up I would buy it.
An exhaustive educational resource:
Now in an updated sixth edition, Forages: An Introduction To Grassland Agriculture is an exhaustive educational resource concerning the science of forages and grasslands, and using them in agriculture without destroying them. Collaboratively compiled and edited by Robert F. Barnes, C. Jerry Nelson, Michael Collins, and Kenneth J. Moore, Forages benefits from twenty-four contributors who combine their scientific perspectives in this informed and informative resource concerning nutrient management, grassland... more info
