1:00 PM Forage value of seven rangeland weeds in north Idaho. Frost, Rachel*,1, Wilson, Linda2, Launchbaugh, Karen3, Hovde, Elayne4, 1 Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Bozeman, MT2 Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, Moscow, ID3 Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Moscow, ID4 Agricultural Extension Service, New Town, ND   FULL ABSTRACT 1:20 PM Crude protein overyielding potential of various grass-legume mixtures within the Canadian Parkland. Gabruck, Danielle*,1, Bork, Edward1, Hall, Linda1, King, Jane1, 1 Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science Dept., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   FULL ABSTRACT 1:40 PM Evaluating beef cow performance of swath grazed crested wheatgrass, big bluestem, and foxtail millet. Neville, Bryan*,1, Sedivec, Kevin1, Nyren, Paul2, Lardy, Greg1, 1 North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA2 Central Grasslands Research Center, Streeter, ND, USA   FULL ABSTRACT 2:00 PM Using the National Research Council (NRC) Model as Tool in Beef Nutrition analysis on Tobosagrass Rangeland. Villalobos , Carlos*,1, Britton, Carlton 1, 1 Department of Range, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-2125., Lubbock, Texas   FULL ABSTRACT 2:20 PM Fecal crude protein content as an estimate for the digestibility of organic matter ingested in grazing sheep. Wang, Chengjie1, Glindemann, Thomas1, Schmidt, Ludwig 2, Weißbach, Friedrich 2, Tas, Bart1, Rave, Gerhard3, Susenbeth, Andreas1, 1 Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, Germany2 Institute of Crop and Grassland Science, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany3 Variationsstatistik, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, Germany   FULL ABSTRACT 2:40 PM Grazing system effects on cattle diets in the Nebraska Sandhills. Schroeder, Paul*,1, Schacht, Walt1, Volesky, Jerry2, 1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE2 West Central Research and Extension Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln, North Platte, NE   FULL ABSTRACT 3:00 PM Break. 3:20 PM Irrigation and summer grazing effect on forage utilization in Old World bluestem pasture. Ortega-Ochoa, Carlos *,1, Villalobos, Carlos2, 1 Facultad de Zootecnia, UACH, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico2 Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Mgmt, Lubbock, Texas   FULL ABSTRACT 3:40 PM Botanical composition and diet quality of cattle grazing at three stocking rates following fuels reduction. Clark, Abe*,1, DelCurto, Tim1, Vavra, Martin2, Damiran, Daalkhaijav1, Darambazar, Enkhjargal1, Dick, Brian2, 1 Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University, Union, Oregon2 United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, Oregon   FULL ABSTRACT 4:00 PM The effects of early weaning on beef cattle distribution patterns grazing mixed-conifer forested rangelands. Walburger, Kenric Walburger*,1, DelCurto, Timothy2, Vavra, Martin3, 1 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada2 PO Box E, Union, OR, USA3 La Grande Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, La Grande, OR   FULL ABSTRACT 4:20 PM Comparison of Diet Characteristics of Two Pronghorn Herds in North Central Arizona. Miller, William *,1, Drake, Melissa1, Colliver, Lauren1, 1 Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Mesa, Arizona, USA   FULL ABSTRACT Online publishing provided by Allen Press, Inc. | 810 E. 10th St. | Lawrence, Kansas 66044 USA e-mail abserv@allenpress.com | Web www.allenpress.com All material is copyright © 2004 rama