Table 1.

Effect of pasture type on feed intake of grazing dairy cows in period 1 (April 29 to May 19) and period 2 (May 19 to June 6)

							P-values*
	Grass	Forb	Legume	Period 1	Period 2	SEM	Pas	Per	P × P
Pre-grazing herbage mass, kg DM/ha	3,071b	3,399a	3,140ab	4,089	2,317	122.7	0.05	0.01	0.01
Post-grazing herbage mass, kg DM/ha	1,601a	1,651a	1,335b	1,598	1,460	109.1	0.05	0.15	0.06
Herbage DMI, kg	13.6b	14.5ab	15.0a	14.5	14.2	0.42	0.05	0.29	0.63
Total DMI, kg	15.6b	16.5ab	17.0a	16.5	16.2	0.42	0.05	0.29	0.63
Herbage DMI, % BW	2.78b	3.03a	3.19a	3.03	2.98	0.091	0.01	0.51	0.76
Total DMI, % BW	3.19b	3.61a	3.45a	3.44	3.40	0.094	0.01	0.57	0.79
BCS	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	0.15	0.49	0.17	0.93

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

*Pas, pasture; Per, period; P × P, pasture and period interaction; SEM, standard error for interaction.