Plenary and Invited Papers Section 1: Efficient Production from Grassland
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Dublin Ireland
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Key points
1. Many factors contribute to changes in the crop-livestock systems, but no logical end-point in the evolution process exists.
2. While benefits of integrated crop-livestock systems over specialised crop and livestock systems are well documented, there has been a move to specialised crop and livestock production.
3. Sustainability issues (manure nutrient concentration, soil quality maintenance, salinity, herbicide resistance, economic instability) have created a renewed interest in integrated crop-livestock systems.
4. Farmer adaptability is as an important link in the evolution between ‘states of integration’.
Citation
Entz, Martin H.; Bellotti, William D.; Powell, J. M.; Angadi, S. V.; Chen, W.; Ominski, K. H.; and Boelt, B., "Evolution of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Systems" (). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 10.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/1/10)
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Evolution of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Systems
Dublin Ireland
Key points
1. Many factors contribute to changes in the crop-livestock systems, but no logical end-point in the evolution process exists.
2. While benefits of integrated crop-livestock systems over specialised crop and livestock systems are well documented, there has been a move to specialised crop and livestock production.
3. Sustainability issues (manure nutrient concentration, soil quality maintenance, salinity, herbicide resistance, economic instability) have created a renewed interest in integrated crop-livestock systems.
4. Farmer adaptability is as an important link in the evolution between ‘states of integration’.
