Study on the Impact of Exclosures on the Physicochemical Properties of Rangeland Soil (Case Study: Northern Golestan Province, Sufikam Rangelands) [PDF]
علوم محیطیIntroduction: Overgrazing can have detrimental effects on the physical properties of soil in rangelands. Among the remedial methods for degraded soils, increasing rangeland fertility and striving to improve soil structure stability, reducing livestock ...
Rasool Khatibi, Mohsen Farahi
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Animal, 2020 Pasture management that considers pasture growth dynamics remains an open question. Conceptually, such management must allow for grazing only after the recuperation of the pasture between two separate timely grazing periods when pasture reaches optimum ...
F.C. Pereira +5 more
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Economic benefits of public investment in weed management: the case of vulpia in south-eastern Australia’s temperate pasture areas [PDF]
The present paper reports an economic evaluation of the long-term benefits to Australia of research by the Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems (CRC) into the improved management of vulpia , the major annual grass weed of temperate ...
Jones, Randall E. +2 more
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Comparative performance and economic appraisal of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Jersey×Holstein-Friesian cows under seasonal pasture-based management [PDF]
, 2011 peer-reviewedThe objective of this study was to provide comparative performance data for Holstein- Friesian (HF), Jersey (J) and Jersey×Holstein-Friesian (F1) cows under a seasonal pasture-based management system and to simulate the effect of cow breed
Prendiville, Robert +3 more
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Pasture-Based Dairy Systems: Who Are the Producers and Are Their Operations More Profitable than Conventional Dairies? [PDF]
U.S. dairy operations are sorted via a multinomial logit model into three production systems: pasture-based, semi-pasture-based, and conventional. Region, farm size, financial situation, and production intensity measures impact system choice.
Sandretto, Carmen L. +3 more
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Abundancia de trébol rojo y trébol blanco en pasturas del centro y norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires [PDF]
RIA: Revista Investigaciones Agropecuarias, 2013 The abundance of legumes in grasslands is a key factor for the supply of nitrogen to associated grasses andthe contribution to the quality of the diet of ruminants.
BARLETTA, P. +9 more
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Profitability and risk evaluation of novel perennial pasture systems for livestock producers in the high rainfall zone: Context, Approach and Preliminary Results [PDF]
The decision to invest in pasture improvement raises various questions for the livestock grazier, with the most pertinent being about the potential returns and risks.
Malcolm, Bill +5 more
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Leaching and uptake of nitrogen, and pasture production, associated with irrigation of treated wastewater, Taupō, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2013 Secondary-treated wastewater from Taupō Township is irrigated onto perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) which is harvested and removed from the View Road wastewater treatment site.
Telfer, Erin Isobel Charlotte
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Methods of Change and Financial Performance of Dairy Farms Before and After a Switch to Management Intensive Grazing [PDF]
Interest in Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) of dairy cattle has increased during the last 2 decades. Most dairy producers utilizing MIG were former confinement or non-intensive pasture operations while the others started their operation with MIG ...
Taylor, Philip Eugene
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Impacts of conversion from forestry to pasture on soil physical properties of Vitrands (Pumice Soils) in the Central North Island, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2011 At least 30 000 hectares of land has been converted from plantation forest to pasture in the central North Island of New Zealand between 2000 and 2010. When forests are cleared for pasture the soil may undergo changes in soil structure affecting physical
Paripovic, Djuro
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