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Animal production from pasture with and without conservation for winter feeding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

D. E. Eyles
D. E. Eyles*
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The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Berks
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The uneven seasonal growth of herbage is the main obstacle to the more efficient utilisation of grassland. There is an abundance of growth in late spring and early summer and a scarcity during a summer drought and in winter. Heavy stocking in spring followed by lighter stocking in summer is a suitable management for fattening sheep and cattle because they can be sold fat from June onwards, but a constant number of livestock has to be maintained throughout the year on many farms which carry breeding or growing animals. On these farms grassland, besides giving summer grazing, is expected to provide the bulk of the fodder for over-wintering. It is doubtful whether the results of grazing experiments which evaluate summer grazing only can be applied to these farms.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production , Volume 1957 , 1957 , pp. 17 - 31
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1957

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