Treatments

Soil Water Retention (m³·m⁻³) in Post-Grazed

0 - 5 cm

Pressure (−kPa)

0.01

0.4

1

2.5

5

10

30

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

0.43^a†

0.41^a

0.41^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.37^a

0.33^a

Legume blend

0.41^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.37^a

0.36^a

0.35^a

0.32^a

Equal blend

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.37^a

0.34^a

Control

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.40^a

0.38^a

0.35^a

Grazing (G)

Ungrazed

0.47^a

0.45^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.41^a

0.40^a

0.36^a

Grazed

0.38^b

0.37^b

0.37^b

0.36^b

0.35^b

0.33^b

0.31^b

Analysis of Variance (P > F)

CC

0.7

0.55

0.53

0.52

0.34

0.35

0.5

G

< .0001

< .0001

< .0001

0.0003

0.0022

0.0004

0.001

CC × G

0.19

0.16

0.13

0.11

0.09

0.07

0.08

5 - 10 cm

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

0.44^a

0.42^a

0.42^a

0.40^a

0.39^a

0.37^a

0.33^a

Legume blend

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.40^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.36^a

0.36^a

Equal blend

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.36^a

Control

0.43^a

0.41^a

0.40^a

0.39^a

0.37^a

0.35^a

0.32^a

Grazing (G)

Ungrazed

0.44^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.40^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.34a

Grazed

0.42^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.39^a

0.38^a

0.36^a

0.34^a

Analysis of Variance (P > F)

CC

0.76

0.76

0.67

0.68

0.63

0.51

0.34

G

0.16

0.16

0.35

0.52

0.55

0.09

0.89

CC × G

0.71

0.71

0.66

0.59

0.62

0.47

0.55