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herbage

herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc., graze
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The high input scenario is orchardgrass fertilized with 246 kg [ha.sup.-1] N in split applications, and having a total herbage production of about 11000 kg (lb) dry matter [ha.sup.-1] (Stout et al.
Assessing the Effect of Management Intensive Grazing on Water Quality in the Northeast U.S
Last summer, Koegel assembled a group of machines for a field side demonstration of soybean herbage wet fractionation.
Processing alfalfa and soybeans - on the spot
Herbage masses were measured on L58, L81, and L95 in 2015 and, L51, L69, and L82 in 2016.
A comparison of liveweight gain of lambs weaned early onto a herb-clover mixed sward and weaned conventionally onto a ryegrass-clover pasture and herb-clover mixed sward
Herbage mass (HM; kg [ha.sup.-1] of dry matter (DM)) was measured using a direct comparison to standards calibrated with double-sampling technique (HAYDOCK; SHAW, 1975), where six samples (0.5 x 0.5m) were cut at the ground level and 20 visual estimations were done in the representative paddock for each replicate.
Performance and feed intake of beef heifers on rotational grazing of natural grassland receiving protein and energy supplement in cool season/Desempenho de bezerras de corte em pastoreio rotativo em pastagem natural recebendo suplemento proteico-energetico
The adjustment of the stocking rate was held each grazing cycle, considering the treatments of herbage allowance.
Additives in ensiling palisade grass managed under grazing intensities/Aditivos na ensilagem de capim-marandu manejado em intensidades de pastejo
Angharad Evans, the Trust's Campaigns Officer in Wales said: "This whole problem could be avoided if the Welsh Government amended its regulations to recognise that clusters of trees with grazeable herbage under the canopy are eligible."
Fear for trees over eligibility criteria for basic payment
The predicted increase of drought incidents even in temperate climates might affect not only yield but the nutritive value of grassland herbage as well.
Effects of drought stress and sward botanical composition on the nutritive value of grassland herbage
Plant the old variety Early Jersey Wakefield, though, and you'll see that the herbage warrants the verbiage.
Two ways to produce a second cabbage crop this season
Research on forage farming has sought to relate plant response to management based on criteria associated with biomass abundance, such as herbage allowances (HA).
Effect of herbage allowances on biomass flows in Italian ryegrass/ Efeito de ofertas de forragem sobre o fluxo de biomassa em azevem
Objectives of the study were therefore to quantify seasonal and spatial variations in the availability and nutritive value of tropical pasture herbage and supplement feedstuffs for grazing domestic ruminants in Western Kenya and to evaluate the need for local and season-specific solutions to improve livestock feeding.
Temporal and spatial variability in the nutritive value of pasture vegetation and supplement feedstuffs for domestic ruminants in Western Kenya
beast and living thing that exists, and of herbage, and of all that
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