Grassland management
27 important questions on Grassland management
What are the charasteristics of lolium perenne?
- Yield potential and seasonal growth pattern
- Persistence
- Morphological compatability with white clover
- Feed quality charasteristics
What is an advantage of phleum pratense?
What are the charasteristics of cocksfoot and tall fescue?
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What is a downside of dactlyis glomerata?
What are examples of legumes?
- Red clover
- Alfalfa
Why are red clover and lucerne not suitable for grazing?
What are the benefits of legumes?
- Legume-fixed N can be transferred to grasses
- Lengthening of growing season due to N availability in autumn
- Feeding value: digestibility, rumen passage, voluntary intake, mineral contents
- Cut and carry fertilizers
How do you measure N2 fixation by grass-legume mixtures?
What are the charasteristics of white clover in swards?
- Highest growth rate in July/Agust
- Optimum DM% 40% (July/Augsut)
What is the feeding value of white clover?
- Less strucutre
- High protein content
- Bloat risk
What are examples of creeping weed grasses with short stolons?
Poa trivialis
What is ranunculus repens?
What are the charasteristics of creeping buttercup?
What are the feeding values of red clover?
- Not very palatable in grazed grassland
What are the charasteristics of cough grass?
What is cirsium arvense?
What are the advantages of herbs is grassland?
- Good consumption by ruminants
- Rich in minerals
- Deep rooting
- More drought-resistant
- With low fertilization higher yields than grass
- Nutrition base for insects
- Beauty of the landscape
What are the downside of herbs in grassland?
What is an advantage of ribgrass/plantain?
- High mineral content
What is an advantage of yarrow?
Drought resistant
What are charasteristics of chicory?
Drought resistant
High mineral content
What are charasteristics of dandelion?
Stimulates liver activity
Highly nutritious
What are factors affecting grazing behavior?
- Animal factors (lactation stage, breed, body size, nutritional demand)
- Sward related factors (botanical composition, sward hight, tiller density)
- Climatic or weather related factors (temperature, rainfall, sunshine)
- Management (grazing system)
What is the pure graze system?
What are the main effects of low N supply?
- Reduction in rate of leaf area development
- Lower shoot/root ratio
Why would you not use italian rye in your grassland?
What are unwanted grass species?
- Rough-stalked meadow grass (nl)
- Creeping weed grasses with shirt stlons take up space for white clover
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