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Further experiences of beef production on permanent pasture in 1976–78
Author(s) -
ELLIOTT J. G.,
DALE R. J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1980.tb01529.x
Subject(s) - grazing , pasture , zoology , fertilizer , livestock , grassland , biology , agronomy , mathematics , ecology
Between 1976 and 1978 a further 154 beef animals were grazed in separate groups on Alberts and Far field at Begbroke Hill, the former being a paddock system and the latter being set‐stocked. Each year part of Alberts received complete fertilizer (147–180 kg ha ‐1 N) and part did not. All of Far field received complete fertilizer (140–190 kg ha ‐1 N). Drought caused a reduction in output in 1976, but in 1977 and 1978 total production of live weight was 9·07 and 8·74 t respectively from 11·65 ha grassland. Calculations of corrected outputs show that maxima of 829 kg ha ‐1 in Alberts and 908 kg ha ‐1 in Far field were achieved from fertilized grass. The highest output in Alberts represented 929 livestock unit grazing days per ha or 87·9 GJ ha ‐1 in 1978.