Plenary and Invited Papers Section 1: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
- Fertilisation use and manipulation can cost-effectively alter species composition, increase seasonal herbage production and improve herbage quality.
- Choice of suitable grassland species, varieties and mixtures offers opportunity to mitigate limitations of seasonal grassland production.
- Special purpose fodder crops, cereals, shrubs and trees offer alternative or supplementary feed sources.
- Manipulation of stocking rates, grazing systems, transhumance and pasture management at various times of the season are significant advantageous options.
- Integration of different strategies is essential to mitigate seasonality in systems of animal production that must be inherently more sustainable over a longer time frame.
Citation
Porqueddu, Claudio; Maltoni, S.; and McIvor, J. G., "Strategies to Mitigate Seasonality of Production in Grassland-Based Systems" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 17.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/1/17
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Strategies to Mitigate Seasonality of Production in Grassland-Based Systems
- Fertilisation use and manipulation can cost-effectively alter species composition, increase seasonal herbage production and improve herbage quality.
- Choice of suitable grassland species, varieties and mixtures offers opportunity to mitigate limitations of seasonal grassland production.
- Special purpose fodder crops, cereals, shrubs and trees offer alternative or supplementary feed sources.
- Manipulation of stocking rates, grazing systems, transhumance and pasture management at various times of the season are significant advantageous options.
- Integration of different strategies is essential to mitigate seasonality in systems of animal production that must be inherently more sustainable over a longer time frame.
