A study of the effect of thinning on the yield, composition, palatability and digestibility of marrow-stem kale : a thesis presented ... for the degree of M. Ag. Sc. in the University of New Zealand, Massey Agricultural College.

Abstract

Due to climate and other natural advantages, the livestock industry in New Zealand is based upon a pastoral economy. The large-scale use of grassland and its products, hay and silage, for feeding the livestock, gives the industry its low-cost production structure. However, one of the problems associated with this dependency upon grassland is that of fitting seasonal production of pasture to stock requirements. [From Introduction]