Table 4. Performance of crossbred lambs consuming either a forage or grain based diet while in confinement or on wheat stubble fields in yr 3¹⁾

Item	Treatment2,3)				SEM	p-value
	Confinement4)		Field5)			Model	Location6)	Feed7)	Location × Feed
	CALF	CBAR	FALF	FBAR
Ending BW8) (kg)	51.75a	50.51a	52.84b	53.73b	0.75	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.78	0.09
ADG (kg/d)	0.22a	0.21a	0.24b	0.25b	0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.81	0.08
DMI (kg/d)	2.08a	1.86b	2.14a	2.00b	0.07	0.03	0.11	< 0.01	0.57
Gain to feed	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.01	0.53	0.65	0.70	0.17
Cost of gain ($/kg)	4.15a	3.36b	3.72a	2.75c	0.22	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.65

Start date for all treatments was September 1st.
Pen is the experimental unit, 3 sheep per replicate confinement, 6 sheep per replicate field; six replicates per treatment.
Diets were provided to allow for ad libitum intake.
CALF: pellet containing 71% alfalfa, 18% barley, 5% molasses, and 6% vitamin/mineral package; CBAR: pellet containing 60% barley, 26% alfalfa, 4% molasses, 2.5% soybean-hi pro, and 7.5% vitamin/mineral package.
FALF: field fed pellet containing 71% alfalfa, 18% barley, 5% molasses, and 6% vitamin/mineral package; FBAR: field fed pellet containing 60% barley, 26% alfalfa, 4% molasses, 2.5% soybean-hi pro, and 7.5% vitamin/mineral package.
Location, confinement or field finish.
Feed, alfalfa or barley pellets.
End date for field and confinement treatments was November 5th.
Least Square Means within a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.10).
BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; DMI, dry matter.