stocking rate
Modelling the effect of stocking rate on the lactation profiles of grazing Holstein Friesian dairy cows using cubic splines
... increased stocking density enhances better pasture utilisation and improves feed efficiency, stocking rate is a key determinant of pasture utilisation, profitability and productivity per ...on ...
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Effects of stocking rate and supplementation on the productivity and profitability of Argentine dairy systems : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Animal Production at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... Stocking rate, expressed as the number of cows per hectare, is a simplification of the relationship between feed demand and feed supply. This relationship can be better expressed as kilograms of l ive ...
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The Effect of Stocking Rate on Nutrient Budgets in Outdoor Swine Management.
... that stocking rate was not associated with forage nutrient levels until the October of 2010 sampling indicates that soil nutrient levels were beginning to be insufficient for plant ...
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Effects of stocking rate and supplementation on the productivity and profitability of Argentine dairy systems : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Animal Production at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... feed. Stocking rate ( S R ) is one of the factors with the most influence on the productivity and profitability of grazing dairy ...of stocking rate, expressed as number of cows per hectare, ...
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Sustainable management of the Burdekin grazing lands - A technical guide of options for stocking rate management, pasture spelling, infrastructure development and prescribed burning to optimise animal production, profitability, land condition and water quality outcomes.
... As described in previous sections, healthy ground cover (i.e. deep rooted, perennial grasses) moderates the erosive potential of rain and funnels water into the subsoil (infiltration), thereby reducing or slowing run-off ...
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Effect of nose ringing and stocking rate of pregnant and lactating outdoor sows on exploratory behavior, grass cover and nutrient loss potential
... The stocking rate (Table 1) was calculated to cause a nitrogen deposition of 280 kg N ha 1 based on the national definition of a livestock unit and the national guidelines allowing pastures to be used for ...
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Determining Correct Stocking Rate on Range Land.
... Every device that is used to increase grazing in areas normally underused or to decrease grazing in normal con- centration areas will increase the numbers of st[r] ...
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Physical and financial characteristics of high input and low input dairy farms in New Zealand : research project for thesis, to be presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (M Sc ) in Animal Science, Institute of Veterinary Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... ln this chapter the objective was to determine the physical stocking rate, comparative stocking rate, milksolids production, pasture production and financial Gross Farm Income, Farm Work[r] ...
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Evaluation of alternative dairy farm management practices using a simulation model : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Agricultural Science in farm management at Massey University
... The manipulation of calving and drying off dates, stocking rate, supplements fed, and nitrogen fertiliser applied, increase total milk production within the range 4% to 12%, and gross ma[r] ...
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Pastures, Pests and Productivity—Simple Grazing Models with 2 Herbivores
... in stocking rate (eg McLaren and Crump, ...a stocking rate reduction, even if the true effect is to reduce per capita productivity at a fixed stocking ...
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Nitrogen Turnover on Organic and Conventional Mixed Farms
... Fertilization Planning and Stocking Rate Fertilizer utilization at a conventional livestock farm is often plb_rmed according to the following procedure, which in principle is used also i[r] ...
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Drought and Grazing Effects on Oklahoma Phlox (Polemoniaceae, Phlox oklahomensis)
... and stocking rates of 45, 60, and 87 animal-unit-days per hectare were used from 1952 to 1961 for cow-calf ...These stocking rates did not affect canopy cover of sand ...to stocking rate, but ...
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Sward Structural Characteristics and Performance of Beef Heifers Reared under Rotational Grazing Management on Campos Grassland
... Instantaneous stocking rate (ISR) (stocking during grazing days in the subdivisions of ...Mean stocking rate (MSR) was calculated by dividing ISR by all paddock area ...
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Wambiana grazing trial Phase 3: stocking strategies for improving carrying capacity, land condition and biodiversity outcomes.
... flexible stocking rate strategies or rotational wet season spelling can cost-effectively improve carrying capacity or land condition at the paddock ...flexible stocking rates and rotational wet ...
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Evaluation of alternative dairy farm management practices using a simulation model : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Agricultural Science in farm management at Massey University
... The manipulation of calving and drying off dates, stocking rate, supplements fed, and nitrogen fertiliser applied, increase total milk production within the range 4% to 12%, and gross ma[r] ...
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Beef production: potential and output in mid-Canterbury
... 1 shows means monthly pasture pro- duction and feed requirements at a stocking rate per acre of two weaner steers purchased in late March and finished before their second [r] ...
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Range Condition Classification Based on Regressions of Herbage Yields on Summer Stocking Rates.
... Relationship of buffalograss yield ratio to range con- dition class, average total herbage yield, relative total herbagc production, and summer stocking rate.. Broke[r] ...
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Stage 1 - NRM Spatial Hub – underpinning better management decisions in the Rangelands
... modelled stocking rate data, necessitated the development of processes and products by DAF in order to deliver mapping, spatial ground cover products and long- term carrying capacity information for ...
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Sheep live-weight gain on cocksfoot-lupin compared with lucerne pastures in the first year (2014-2015) after establishment
... The influence of the surroundings has caused high country farming operations to be based around tussock grasslands and semi-improved pasture where possible (Dynes et al. 2010). The term ‘semi-improved’ defines pastures ...
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Soil moisture, forage, and beef production benefits from gambel oak control in southewestern Colorado.
... Stocking rate, total gains, and gains per acre increased as a result of increased forage production, reflecting the benefits of brush control practices.. There wer[r] ...
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