Moisture content and bale temperature. Initial bale moisture differed among treatments. However, the low moisture treatment in 2008 was slightly greater (17%) than the target moisture range of less than 15%. However, this moisture content proved to be critically important.
The animal unit month (AUM) has historically been used as a unit of forage. consumption and the basis of permits, stocking rates and fees for grazing public. lands. This report provides a review and update of current livestock weights and. forage consumption rates, clarifies the definition of an AUM and proposes means.
Grazing has two distinct meanings. First, grazing is a method of feeding in which a herbivore feeds on plants such as grasses, or other multicellular organisms such as algae. Many small selective herbivores follow larger grazers, who skim off the highest, tough growth of plants, exposing tender shoots.n zoology, graminivory is a form of grazing. A graminivore is an herbivorous animal that feeds primarily on grass (specifically true grasses; plants of the family Poaceae). The word is derived from Latin graminis, meaning grass, and vorare, meaning to eat..