Archived
This content is available here strictly for research, reference, and/or recordkeeping and as such it may not be fully accessible. If you work or study at University of Kentucky and would like to request an accessible version, please use the SensusAccess Document Converter.
Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
The utilization of pasture is very sensitive to oscillations in herbage growth. The farmer’s daily planning involves decisions on pasture use as well as on the amount and composition of supplement feeding. In this planning, expected daily growth rate is an important factor. Often the knowledge and experience about the growth rate is first available after changes in management should have been made. A different growth rate than expected should lead to changes in the grazing area or in the supplement feeding. Therefore, a simple model of grass/clover growth under grazing and irrigated conditions was developed. From spring 2004, the model was used to compute a forecast of grass/clover growth, which has been available to Danish farmers and advisors in the online crop information system PlanteInfo (for a version in English, see planteinfo.dk/english).
Citation
Søegaard, K.; Berntsen, J.; Nielsen, K. A.; and Thysen, I., "Forecast of Herbage Production Under Continuous Grazing" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 59.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium4/59)
Included in
Agricultural Science Commons, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons, Plant Biology Commons, Plant Pathology Commons, Soil Science Commons, Weed Science Commons
Forecast of Herbage Production Under Continuous Grazing
Dublin Ireland
The utilization of pasture is very sensitive to oscillations in herbage growth. The farmer’s daily planning involves decisions on pasture use as well as on the amount and composition of supplement feeding. In this planning, expected daily growth rate is an important factor. Often the knowledge and experience about the growth rate is first available after changes in management should have been made. A different growth rate than expected should lead to changes in the grazing area or in the supplement feeding. Therefore, a simple model of grass/clover growth under grazing and irrigated conditions was developed. From spring 2004, the model was used to compute a forecast of grass/clover growth, which has been available to Danish farmers and advisors in the online crop information system PlanteInfo (for a version in English, see planteinfo.dk/english).
