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To be truly sustainable, forage-livestock systems must be well matched to the soils, geophysical and climate factors, and expected level of management available. This chapter provides an overview of the pasture renovation or establishment process, including a comprehensive planning process, selection of system-appropriate forage species and cultivars, and the steps for realizing the comprehensive plan, including initial management during the establishment or renovation year. Species selection is the weak link in the process. Although many forage agronomists have used various approaches to address this issue, the problem remains largely unsolved, with recommendations based primarily on location-dependent species and cultivar evaluation trials and grower experience. As a possible solution, the authors have included a vision for developing user-friendly, data-rich forage selection tools, and they provide a short review of the existing tools.
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date:
26 July 2018
ISBN: 9781838796914
Format: eBook
BISACs:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture
1 Planning 2 Species and cultivar selection: overview 3 Species and cultivar characteristics: tolerances 4 Species and cultivar characteristics: further characteristics 5 Establishment and renovation: initial considerations 6 Sowing and initial management 7 Key issues in improving forage selection 8 Review of existing selection tools 9 Future trends 10 References