Comparison of an integrated crop–livestock system with soybean only: Economic and production responses in southern Brazil

Autor:	Carolina Bremm, Anibal de Moraes, Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Oliveira, Taise Robinson Kunrath, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Ibanor Anghinoni
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Lolium multiflorum biology.organism_classification Pasture Gross margin Stocking Agronomy Grazing Economics Cropping system Cover crop Agronomy and Crop Science Hectare Food Science
Zdroj:	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 29:230-238
ISSN:	1742-1713 1742-1705
DOI:	10.1017/s1742170513000410
Popis:	In Brazil, as well as globally, land use has been increasingly addressed for environmental impacts and economic improvements. Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLSs) are a potential strategy to optimize use of land, increase total production and reduce economic risk through diversification. We compared production and economic outcomes of a soybean-only system with ICLS differing in sward management. The study area was managed since 2001 using no-till in southern Brazil. Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] was rotated with a mixture of black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) either for: (i) grazing (ICLS) or (ii) cover crops as cropping system only (CS) with no livestock grazing. Four sward height management methods (10, 20, 30 or 40 cm) were evaluated under put-and-take stocking. Across years, soybean yield (2516±103 kg ha−1) was not affected by treatment, but was affected by year (PP<0.001). Average daily gain was lower when pasture was managed at 10 cm than between 20 and 40 cm. With increasing sward height, a gradual reduction in cattle GPH was observed (P
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