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Long-term assessment of a new rotational-grazing management strategy called PUP-grazing (proportion of un-grazed pasture)

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Pavetti, D. R., Benvenutti, M. A., Radke, Ó. and Cibils, Y. Ó. A. (2018) Long-term assessment of a new rotational-grazing management strategy called PUP-grazing (proportion of un-grazed pasture). Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales, 6 (1). pp. 53-57.

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.17138/tgft(6)53-57

Publisher URL: http://www.tropicalgrasslands.info/index.php/tgft/article/view/395

Abstract

A new rotational-grazing management strategy called PUP-grazing (proportion of un-grazed pasture, which is the estimated percentage of pasture vegetation without signs of being consumed) was compared with the traditional rotational-grazing management strategy (TGMS, which is based on residual sward height) using Brahman cross steers on Axonopus catarinensis over two periods (2013/14 and 2015/16) in Misiones, Argentina. The proportion of un-grazed pasture for PUP and TGMS was 11.5 and 3.4%, respectively, of the pasture area. Average daily liveweight gain/animal was significantly higher for PUP than for TGMS (606 vs. 420 g/d; P < 0.05) while liveweight gain per hectare was 35% greater for PUP (194 vs. 144 kg/ha/period). The gross margin per hectare was much higher for PUP than for TGMS (US$ 85.7 vs. 8.4/ha/period). These results indicate that on A. catarinensis pastures PUP-grazing has the potential for greater animal and economic performance than the TGMS. © 2018.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Animal Science
Keywords:Cattle Forage consumption Grazing management Gross margin Liveweight gain
Subjects:Animal culture > Cattle
Animal culture > Rangelands. Range management. Grazing
Animal culture > Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition
Live Archive:30 Jul 2019 04:52
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:45

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