Table 6.
Soil moisture (%) during the 63-d grazing periods as affected by beef steers supplement treatment, soil depth, and grazing days
| Supplement type1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Control | 27.79 | |
| DDGS | 30.10 | |
| SEM | 2.71 | |
| Soil depth, mm | ||
| 100 | 12.38a | |
| 200 | 21.61b | |
| 300 | 25.26c | |
| 400 | 35.34d | |
| 600 | 40.69e | |
| 1000 | 38.38e | |
| SEM | 1.01 | |
| Grazing day | ||
| 0 | 27.11wxy | |
| 7 | 28.52wxy | |
| 14 | 26.81wx | |
| 21 | 26.07w | |
| 28 | 27.71wxy | |
| 35 | 30.70yz | |
| 42 | 29.45xy | |
| 49 | 30.51xyz | |
| 56 | 33.63z | |
| SEM | 1.22 | |
| P-values | ||
| Supplement type | 0.40 | |
| Soil depth | <0.01 | |
| Grazing day | <0.01 | |
| Supplement type × soil depth | 0.27 | |
| Supplement type × grazing day | 0.87 | |
| Soil depth × grazing day | 0.39 | |
| Supplement type × soil depth × grazing day | >0.99 |
1Control: cottonseed meal, 0.45 kg DM/animal-daily; DDGS: dried distillers grains plus solubles, 0.50% mean paddock BW/animal-daily.
a–eMeans without a common superscript differ P ≤ 0.05.
w–zMeans without a common superscript differ P ≤ 0.05.