Open AccessPASTURE RENOVATION FOR INCREASED DAIRY PRODUCTION
Author(s) -
K. Chestnut
Publication year - 1986
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.1986.47.1729
Subject(s) - pasture , production (economics) , agroforestry , agronomy , milk production , agricultural science , white (mutation) , stage (stratigraphy) , biology , zoology , economics , biochemistry , macroeconomics , paleontology , gene
At this stage the new grass paddocks are providing more grass after three years than other equivalent paddocks on the farm. The benefit will, I hope, continue for longer than this. At this stage I will continue to renovate two paddocks each year as finance permits. The basic seed mix will continue to be Ellett ryegrass and Pitau white clover but I will try other species such as Pawera red clover which I wanted to use this last autumn but no seed was available. In the district generally I have noted an interest in pasture renovation over the last two seasons and I can see that the Dairy Board will continue to be embarassed with the increase in production from the Northland area.