Daily and Seasonal Forage Availability Under Rotational Grazing of a Mixed-Species Temperate Pasture

Autor:	R. P. Walgenbach, V. R. Kanneganti, L. J. Massingill
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Moisture Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Forage Development Pasture Mixed species Agronomy Grazing Temperate climate Environmental science Dry matter Agronomy and Crop Science Water content
Zdroj:	Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 12:49-66
ISSN:	1540-7578 1044-0046
Popis:	Sustainable use of mixed species pastures under management intensive rotational grazing requires information on forage dry matter availability on a daily basis for feed budgeting purposes. Forage availability, forage nutritive quality, and species composition were measured during May to September in 1994 and 1995. Forage available for daily consumption declined in both years as the season progressed. However, the magnitude of this decline varied between years during summer (July to September), which was attributed to differences in soil moisture availability. Under adequate moisture conditions observed in 1994, forage was available at an average rate of 70, 68, 51, 66, 24, and 11 kg dry matter ha−1 d−1 during May, June, July, August, September, and October, respectively. Due to extended periods of dry weather in the summer of 1995, forage availability during the months of July, August and September was reduced to 26, 47, and 11 kg ha−1 d−1, respectively. Total forage consumed during 1994 and 1995...
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