Opportunities to improve grazing management

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dc.citation.issue76en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorHirst, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorDonaghy, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorGray, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorWood, BAen_US
dc.contributor.editorNew Zealand Grasslands Associationen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAlexandra, New Zealanden_US
dc.date.available5/11/2014en_US
dc.date.finish-date7/11/2014en_US
dc.date.issued5/11/2014en_US
dc.date.start-date5/11/2014en_US
dc.description.abstractImproved efficiency in growing and converting pasture into product is required to maintain New Zealand’s competitive advantage in dairying. This study focused on two areas of grazing management, the first an assessment of the indicators leaf stage, pre-grazing yield and grazing residual. In summary, 49% of measured paddocks were grazed too soon based on leaf stage, 62% were grazed outside the recommended pre-grazing yield, and 48% of measured paddocks were not grazed to a desirable height. The second part of the study provided an insight into farmer decision making at an operational level of grazing management with three key components identified. These were: 1) The recruitment of paddocks into a grazing plan; 2) The shuffling of the paddock grazing sequence within the grazing plan; and 3) The management of individual grazing events before, during and after the event. An improved understanding by rural professionals of grazing management decision making would result in extension strategies which generate increased farmer engagement, adoption of grazing management technologies and improved on-farm productivity.en_US
dc.description.confidentialFALSEen_US
dc.description.notesonline at: http://www.grassland.org.nz/viewpublication.php?pubID=388en_US
dc.format.extent75 - 79en_US
dc.identifierhttp://www.grassland.org.nz/en_US
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 2014, (76), pp. 75 - 79en_US
dc.identifier.elements-id223486
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/11145
dc.publisherNew Zealand Grasslands Associationen_US
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.grassland.org.nz/en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfProceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Associationen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://www.grassland.org.nz/publications/nzgrassland_publication_2651.pdfen_US
dc.sourceNZ Grassland Association 76th Annual Conferenceen_US
dc.subjectdairy, grazing managementen_US
dc.titleOpportunities to improve grazing managementen_US
dc.typeConference Paper
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Agriculture & Environment
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