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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1822264" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>Cattle by definition are grazers, not browsers. Grazing refers to consumption of grass. Browsing refers to consumption of vegetation produced by woody vegetation. This does not mean that cattle will not consume browse. They will. Given an equal choice between succulent browse and succulent grass, cattle will consume the grass. You can put forth all sorts of scenarios where cattle will consume browse. There is a difference between poisonous and toxic. Many woody plants that cattle consume (browse) contain toxins that will have an adverse effect on performance. In particular, but not limited to, tannins. Cattle may even readily consume browse. But, performance is very likely to be adversely impacted. Additionally, browse production is typically well below production levels of 'grazed' vegetation resulting in forage yields well below grass/hay quantities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1822264, member: 43196"] Cattle by definition are grazers, not browsers. Grazing refers to consumption of grass. Browsing refers to consumption of vegetation produced by woody vegetation. This does not mean that cattle will not consume browse. They will. Given an equal choice between succulent browse and succulent grass, cattle will consume the grass. You can put forth all sorts of scenarios where cattle will consume browse. There is a difference between poisonous and toxic. Many woody plants that cattle consume (browse) contain toxins that will have an adverse effect on performance. In particular, but not limited to, tannins. Cattle may even readily consume browse. But, performance is very likely to be adversely impacted. Additionally, browse production is typically well below production levels of 'grazed' vegetation resulting in forage yields well below grass/hay quantities. [/QUOTE]
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