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Dairy farming: indoor v. pasture-based feeding
... The current situation of volatile milk prices and rising costs of, e.g. grain and labour, suggests that it is worth studying productivity and efficiency in dairy farming. The objective of the current whole-system study, ...
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Measuring labor input on pasture-based dairy farms using a smartphone
... The calf-care task is also significant in grass-based dairy systems due to the seasonality of the herd calv- ing event. In regard to “calf care/feeding,” the current study reflected similar results to those ...
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Factors associated with profitability in pasture-based systems of milk production
... of pasture used per hectare; however, this increase was associated with increased stocking rates, which have proven to be a key driver of pasture ...indicated pasture use per hectare was ...
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Identifying risk factors associated with lameness in pasture-based dairy herds
... in pasture-based dairy herds. Sixty-three pasture-based dairy herds milking 90 cows or more were identified across 4 dairy regions on the eastern coast of NSW and enrolled in the study to in- ...
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Economics of pasture-based dairies (2012)
... The model farms assume a carefully selected parcel of land purchased specifically for developing a minimalist pasture-based dairy. Careful farm selection is critical to the amount of investment needed and ...
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Evaluation of the performance of dual purpose cows in European pasture based systems
... a pasture-based system is not superior over the local New Zealand ...under pasture-based conditions their body condition score and fertility is lower which makes the local New Zealand breed ...
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Gaps and Variability in Pasture Utilisation in Australian Pasture-Based Dairy Systems
... between pasture utilisation and farm profitability; (2) identify gaps and causes of both between and within-farm variability in pasture utilisation; and (3) discuss possibilities to reduce these gaps ...
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Modelling lactation in pasture based dairy cows varying in production potential
... Preliminary Abstract The main objective of the thesis was to quantify the genetic and phenotypic determinants of variation in milk yield and composition, model the lactation pattern of p[r] ...
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Management of pasture based on dmpd review
... predisposes pasture camp, especially those whose stems are thin and flexible, such as those of the Brachiaria genus, which results in an inadequate structure for consumption (Santos et ...The pasture ...
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The incidence of liver abscessation in slaughtered beef bulls in the South Island of New Zealand
... the pasture- based bulls of this study compared with feedlot cattle, the incidence of severe abscessation is considerably greater than that recorded in the North American feedlot ...
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Small Scale Pastured Hog Production Bridget O Meara, GrassWorks
... A pasture based system takes advantage of the sow’s excellent grazing ...estimates, pasture can replace up to 50% of the diet in gestating sows and 30% of a finishing ...season, pasture ...
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Feed management to optimise robot utilisation in automatic milking systems
... CHAPTER 4: Robot utilisation of pasture-based dairy cows with varying levels 279.. of milking frequency 280.[r] ...
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Feeding value of dryland lupin/cocksfoot pasture compared to lucerne pasture for sheep
... mix pasture in relation to a lucerne pasture by comparing the liveweight gain and feed intake of young sheep grazing on the two pasture types under dryland ...two pasture types during spring ...
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The economic utilisation of grassland
... Total roughage required per sheep unit Table 14 Feed supplied by pasture Feed supplied by hay or silage* Pasture equivalent of hay or silage 3 X 2T%° Total pasture equivalent 2+ 4 Produc[r] ...
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Irrigation scheduling: a soft adaptor to weather uncertainties and irrigation efficiency improvement initiatives
... The soil moisture content start and stop points, more commonly known as irrigation trigger points, for rotationally grazed pasture are often ambiguous and imprecise. A water balance model, IrriCalc, was used to ...
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An investigation into repellency induced runoff and its consequences in a New Zealand hill country pasture system : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science, Massey University
... of Pahiatua at an altitude of about 230 m. The soil on the slopes was mainly Atua silt loam (mottled orthic recent soil (Hewitt, 1998)) and the land use capability classification is class VII (McLaren and Cameron, 1996). ...
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Some observations on the grazing behaviour and water consumption of lactating Friesian and Jersey cows : being a thesis prepared by "549" for the degree of M Agr Sc
... on pasture graze an averag e of 9.16 hours per day wh1le cows on pasture plus :- Alf-Al:f"a ha;sr, limited gra1n rat1on, and full gra1n rat1on graze respectively 29%, 39% and 42% l ess than on pastur·e ...
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The profitability of nitrogen fertiliser applications on seasonal supply dairy farms : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management at Massey University
... THE GRAZING COMPLEX FACTORS AFFECTING PASTURE GROWTH PASTURE AVAILABILITY AND UTILISATION FACTORS .AFFECTING BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION EXPERIMENTATION AND RESULTS FERTILISER MAINTENANCE REQUI[r] ...
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Pasture and automatic milking
... The percentage of cows fetched was generally lower if the fetching took place later in the evening, 38 % at 21:00, rather than afternoon, 63 % at 16:00 (Dooren et al., 2002). Fetching the cows at dusk was also fairly ...
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Dryland pasture research
... • Nitrogen fixation by pasture legumes is vital to the dryland pasture system. Conservative estimates of the amount of nitrogen (N) fixed by clovers in grass/clover pastures show that 25 kg of N is fixed ...
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