Offered Papers Theme C: Delivering the Benefits from Grassland
Description
An on-going pasture demonstration study has been used since 1988 to demonstrate methods to improve pasture production for small beef cow-calf herds. Many cattle enterprises are not economically viable because poor management decisions lead to excessive stocking rate, ineffective fertilisation programmes etc., leading to a dependence on hay purchases. The initial objective, continued until 2001, was to maintain one cow- calf pair per ha without purchasing forage or grain produced off farm. More recently, reducing the dependence on harvested forage has been added as an objective.
Citation
Caddel, John L.; Redfearn, D. D.; and Woods, R. L., "Sustaining Grass-Legume Pastures for Cow-Calf Herds: A Case Study" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 153.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeC/153
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Sustaining Grass-Legume Pastures for Cow-Calf Herds: A Case Study
An on-going pasture demonstration study has been used since 1988 to demonstrate methods to improve pasture production for small beef cow-calf herds. Many cattle enterprises are not economically viable because poor management decisions lead to excessive stocking rate, ineffective fertilisation programmes etc., leading to a dependence on hay purchases. The initial objective, continued until 2001, was to maintain one cow- calf pair per ha without purchasing forage or grain produced off farm. More recently, reducing the dependence on harvested forage has been added as an objective.
