Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
Rotational grazing systems used in tropical areas in Latin America do not solve the great difference in pasture availability between the dry and the rainy season. The main studies on rational grazing (Voisin, 1963) were performed in temperate areas where the deficit of feeds in winter may only be solved with external feeds such as forages and silages produced out of the grazing system. The objective of this work was to demonstrate that it is possible to maintain pasture availability throughout the year with the use of a Pennisetum purpureum clone (Cuba CT-115) adapted to grazing (Martínez et al., 1995), in spite of the dry season.
Citation
Martinez, R. O.; Tuero, R.; and Díaz, M. F., "A Grazing Method to Solve the Lack of Pastures in the Dry Season of Tropical Areas with Long Periods of Drought" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 126.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeA/126
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A Grazing Method to Solve the Lack of Pastures in the Dry Season of Tropical Areas with Long Periods of Drought
Rotational grazing systems used in tropical areas in Latin America do not solve the great difference in pasture availability between the dry and the rainy season. The main studies on rational grazing (Voisin, 1963) were performed in temperate areas where the deficit of feeds in winter may only be solved with external feeds such as forages and silages produced out of the grazing system. The objective of this work was to demonstrate that it is possible to maintain pasture availability throughout the year with the use of a Pennisetum purpureum clone (Cuba CT-115) adapted to grazing (Martínez et al., 1995), in spite of the dry season.
