Track 1-12: Managing Seasonality in Grassland Quality and Quantity
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Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
In recent years in New Zealand, sheep and beef farming has been outcompeted for prime land. This means that the government and industry targets to increase sheep and beef production have to be achieved on farms with significant constraints on pasture production. They are increasingly restricted to hilly and other locations with variable climates and soils, and landscape constraints on farming practices. Thus there are limits on the ability to improve pasture production – whether by pasture renewal or through means like grazing management, fertiliser use, or weed and pest control.
Citation
Bray, Andy R.; Fraser, Tom J.; King, Warren McG.; Mackay, Alec D.; Moot, Derrick; and Stevens, David R., "Pasture Improvement Needs and Options for New Zealand Sheep and Beef Farms" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 19.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-12/19)
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Pasture Improvement Needs and Options for New Zealand Sheep and Beef Farms
Sydney, Australia
In recent years in New Zealand, sheep and beef farming has been outcompeted for prime land. This means that the government and industry targets to increase sheep and beef production have to be achieved on farms with significant constraints on pasture production. They are increasingly restricted to hilly and other locations with variable climates and soils, and landscape constraints on farming practices. Thus there are limits on the ability to improve pasture production – whether by pasture renewal or through means like grazing management, fertiliser use, or weed and pest control.
