Track 1-02: Development and Impact of Sown Tropical Species
Description
In Brazil, livestock production is based primarily on systems with continuously grazed natural or cultivated pastures (FAO 2009). Intensifying animal breeding, handling and knowledge strategies is necessary to obtain improvements in production indices for economically feasible and sustainable grazing systems (Cedeño et al. 2003). Beef cattle breeding on irrigated pasture, like all forms of intensive grazing, requires the use of forage species with high potential for production and quality, and Brachiaria brizantha cv. MG5 is considered a good option. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of irrigation on the performance of B. brizantha cv. MG5 grazed rotationally by beef cattle at different times of the year.
Citation
de C. R. Carvalho, Rita; Rocha, Wellington W.; Pires, Bruno S.; Piza, César T.; Silva, Luziney D.; Leite, Paulo R. V.; and Ferreira, Eliel A., "Effects of Irrigation and Season on Performance of Grazed Pastures of Brachiaria brizantha cv. MG5" (2019). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 25.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-2/25
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Effects of Irrigation and Season on Performance of Grazed Pastures of Brachiaria brizantha cv. MG5
In Brazil, livestock production is based primarily on systems with continuously grazed natural or cultivated pastures (FAO 2009). Intensifying animal breeding, handling and knowledge strategies is necessary to obtain improvements in production indices for economically feasible and sustainable grazing systems (Cedeño et al. 2003). Beef cattle breeding on irrigated pasture, like all forms of intensive grazing, requires the use of forage species with high potential for production and quality, and Brachiaria brizantha cv. MG5 is considered a good option. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of irrigation on the performance of B. brizantha cv. MG5 grazed rotationally by beef cattle at different times of the year.
