| performance of beef cows receiving cull beans, sunflower meal, and canola meal as protein supplements while grazing native winter range in eastern colorado. | a 2-yr grazing performance study was conducted in eastern colorado to evaluate the effects of feeding raw cull beans (phaseolus vulgaris) or canola meal, compared to sunflower meal, to beef cows grazing dormant, native winter range on body weight and body condition score (bcs) change, reproductive performance, and calf performance. ninety-five pregnant, spring-calving crossbred cows (541 +/- 51 kg) in 1995 to 1996 and 65 cows (602 +/- 60 kg) in 1996 to 1997 were randomly assigned to one of five ... | 1999 | 10229373 |