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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"grazing management practices"”.
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Texas Beef Cattle Producers' Behavioral Intention to Adopt Recommended Stocking Rates: Implications for Water and Land Quality
… surrounding water sources. If proper grazing management practices are not used, wastes from the operation impair water quality in the area. Landowners must use proper stocking rates and implement practices to benefit land and water quality in addition to overall operation profit. In an …
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The effect of altering autumn grazing management on sward structural characteristics, morphology and nutritive value
Altering grazing management practices to increase the amount of herbage available on farm can help extend the grazing season, improve herbage utilization and, in turn, improve the sustainability and efficiency of pasture based dairy systems. Extended grazing happens at two pivotal time points - …
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Combining field experiments, modeling, and analytics for integrated crop-livestock system management
… cattle and corn operations. While residue grazing can significantly reduce winter feed cost, its effects on croplands remain unclear. For example, spatially uneven grazing may potentially lead to heterogeneous impacts on cropland, possibly resulting in adverse impacts on subsequent crop …
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Rangeland condition in the Tembe Traditional Area, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… under the auspices of the Centre of Wildlife Management and the former Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (University of Pretoria) was conducted in Maputaland, with special reference to the Tembe Elephant Park, Sileza Nature Reserve and in the neighbouring traditional wards (izigodi) of …
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Grazing management strategies of diverse pastures on irrigated dairy farm systems : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… to improve DM production and quality are grazing management and the choice of forage species mixture. While grazing management rules are well developed, particularly timing and intensity, for perennial ryegrass-white clover pastures, the rules are less clear for diverse pasture mixtures …