Open AccessPRAIRIE GRASS
Author(s) -
I.R. Brown,
J.G. Hampton,
C. Lill
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.5.1998.3331
Subject(s) - hectare , agronomy , spring (device) , geography , zoology , biology , forestry , agriculture , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering
Prairie grass is used in dairy pastures and for winter/spring feed on sheep farms. Four. hundred and fifty-nine hectares of prairie grass were grown for seed in 1987/88. Average yields are 680 kg ha-'; the specialist grower can achieve yields of 1400 kg ha-'.