Open AccessSOME EFFECTS OF WINTER GRAZING MANAGEMENT ON WINTER AND SUBSEQUENT SPRING PRODUCTIVITY OF A RYEGRASS-WHITE CLOVER PASTURE
Author(s) -
Andrea Harris,
K. R. Brown
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1970.32.1281
Subject(s) - pasture , grazing , agronomy , stock (firearms) , acre , productivity , spring (device) , trifolium repens , winter wheat , environmental science , agroforestry , biology , geography , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , archaeology
THE NEED for greater efficiency in pasture utilization is becoming more marked as stock numbers rise. In Southland, much of the increase is arising from higher stock concentrations and rates of almost 10 sheep per acre are known (Lawlor, 1970), although the average is considerably lower.