Herbage Mass
Effects of time-controlled and continuous grazing on total herbage mass and ground cover
... that herbage mass under TC grazing increased to 140 % in 2006 compared with the first records taken in ...of herbage mass, ground cover under TC grazing achieved significant higher percentages ...
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Long-term Trend in Pre-grazing Horizontal Distribution of Herbage Mass in Bahiagrass Pasture (Paspalum notatum Flügge)
... last measurement at 1577 days (r=0.248) after the beginning of the experiment, or 367 days after the last peak.The individual data sets indicated that the spatial pattern of vegetation in bahiagrass pasture is ...
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The feeding value of a perennial lupin-cocksfoot pasture compared with lucerne for sheep
... total herbage mass and herbage components between the day hoggets were put onto a paddock and when they were taken out, was also useful to explain liveweight gain differences in ...total ...
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Diurnal concentration of urinary nitrogen and rumen ammonia are modified by timing and mass of herbage allocation
... of herbage allocation and herbage mass (low (L) or medium (M) modify the daily pattern of UN concentration, rumen NH 3 and grazing behavior ...
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A study on the effect of sward conditions on herbage accumulation during winter and spring : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Plant Science at Massey University
... Finally a wider approach will be taken investigating system trials where the relationship between herbage mass, pasture growth, cow intake, and milk production is examined, and how such [r] ...
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A dynamic simulation model for planning and controlling grazing systems : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Agricultural Systems and Management at Massey University
... pasture mass. Herbage mass was divided into three fractions: leaf, stem and ...leaf mass. A Micherlich-type function was used to relate leaf mass to total pasture ...
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The effect of pre-mowing pasture on milk, pasture, and nitrogen partitioning of dairy cows in the autumn
... stage. Herbage composition of mown pastures is thought to result in a reduction in the amount of senescent material in the ...controlling herbage mass or height. Increases in pasture mass ...
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The strategic use of lucerne (Medicago sativa) on irrigated dairy farms
... previous herbage allowance by 3 kg DM/cow/day while lucerne showed a negative relationship decreasing by ...quality herbage from previous high residual herbage ...previous herbage allowances ...
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Evaluation of herb pastures for New Zealand dairy systems : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Sciences at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... 3-2 Herbage mass pre-grazing (kg DM/ha) in: A) the pasture treatments grazed every two (dashed lines) and every four weeks (solid lines) throughout the first (December, 2011 to April, 2012) and second ...
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Sward and milk production response to early turnout of dairy cows to pasture in Finland
... regrowth, herbage mass production and milk production was studied in two experiments, 1) a grazing trial with 16 Holstein-Friesian dairy cows and 2) a plot trial where the treatments simulated the grazing ...
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Effects of feeding silage and extending lactation on the pastoral dairy farm : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Animal Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... apparent herbage intake (AHDMI, kg DM/cow/day) on herbage allowance (HDMA, kg DM/cow/day) (a), pre-grazing herbage mass (PGHM, t DM/ha) (b), and residual herbage mass (RHM, t ...
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The effect of herbage species on internal parasite dynamics in sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University
... dry herbage mass, numbers oflarvae and larval density (larvae per kilogram herbage DM) were compared at each cut at each height in each contamination by analysis of variance using General Linear ...
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A study of patchiness in mid season dairy pastures : consequences and control : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Massey University
... The utilisation relation with herbage mass was not so different between paddocks as in December Figure 9, probably because the level of herbage mass was greater in all paddocks Table 3, [r] ...
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A study of patchiness in mid season dairy pastures : consequences and control : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Massey University
... Relationship between the total herbage mass accumulation GROWTH, kg DM/ha in response to the proportion of herbage mass utilised PROPUTIL, % and for the combined data of all paddocks on [r] ...
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Simulation of cow calf systems in the Salado Region of Argentina : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... than MASS, which is the opposite of the results obtained in the previous chapter using a calendar-based ...and MASS on calf LW sold for the different target cow numbers using contour (unlimited area policy ...
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Assessment of Range Land Degradation, Major Causes, Impacts, and Alternative Rehabilitation Techniques in Yabello Rangelands Southern Ethiopia
... In the process of bush encroached, land vegetation was shifting from herbage to bush, the coverage of herbage decreased and the area of bare land increased the spatial[r] ...
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Palatability of Herbage and Animal Preference.
... In general the methods used to measure preference are those employed primarily for other purposes such as determining grazing capacity, effects of graz- ing on veg[r] ...
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Herbage Response to Sagebrush Spraying.
... In the first year following treatment, soil moisture levels started slightly higher and growing season precipi- tation was more effective on treated plots ; never[r] ...
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Volume 25, Number 6 (November 1972)
... The optimum tradeoff between harvested herbage and plant vigor appears to come from herbage removal on Russian wildrye or crested wheatgrass during early or mid [r] ...
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Estimation of Herbage on California Annual-Type Range.
... We then combined average plant weight and density estimates to give herbage yield estimates which were compared with esti- mates from clipped plots.. Simple regres[r] ...
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