Recent Research

Date: 2011-06-01 | Category:

Research papers with specific interest to pasture renewal are now available here.
Each one has a popular summary and the full paper is available for downloading directly below.

To determine the value of pasture renewal to a dairy farm system in the 2009-2010 Season Information was gathered from dairy farms in four regions in New Zealand for the season ending May 2010. Two farms were selected from each region, one that had undertaken regrassing on a regular basis for at least five years (Modern Varieties) and the other had not undertaken any regrassing in the previous decade (Traditional Varieties). A computer simulation tool (UDDER) was used to model the effect of regressing on these farms.... Read full article »

Effects of integrated cropping & pasture renewal on the performance & profit of dairy farms Old pasture to new pasture sequences with and without forage cropping were evaluated on representative farms from Waikato, Taranaki, Canterbury (irrigated) and Southland using the Farmax Dairy Pro model... Read full article »

Dry matter yield, pasture quality and profit on two Waikato dairy farms after pasture renewal A planned approach to pasture renewal is recommended for improved feed supply and animal production. From 2006-2010 measurements of pasture dry matter (DM) yield and quality were made on two Waikato dairy farms, where pasture renewal was implemented... Read full article »

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