Abstract
The objective of the study was to determine the yields and forage value of permanent grasslands – meadow and pasture – and of grass leys– used either as hay or for grazing. Fivecomponent mixtures with meadow fescue (40%), perennial ryegrass (30%), timothy, cocksfoot, kentucky bluegrass (10% each) that differed for the purpose of their component varieties – either for hay or for grazing were sown in 1998 as ley. In their full production years (1999–2002) they were compared for yield and crop quality with permanent grasslands – a meadow and a pasture. Four harvests of the sward were made each year. The pasture mixture and the permanent pasture were grazed by dairy cattle. An area destined for grazing was 450 m2. The yield was measured based on test cuts into an area of 22.5 m2. Sward density, dry matter yield and nutritional value of the forage as well as utilization of the pasture by dairy cows were determined in the study. Weather conditions in the study period were characterized by highly variable rainfall and air temperature. Sward density was found to vary with kind of grassland, permanent pasture was characterized by higher density than the pasture ley. The yield and crop quality of the hay mixture was comparable to the output of the permanent grassland, whereas the permanent grassland gave better yields then the pasture mixture ley. Likewise, the indigestion of the forage by dairy cows from the permanent grassland was better. Permanent grasslands, especially the pasture, were assessed to be more reliable sources of forage, especially during variable weather conditions, than more vulnerable leys.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
-
Piotr Kraska,
Sylwia Andruszczak,
Paweł Gierasimiuk,
Sylwia Chojnacka,
The effect of subsurface mineral fertilizer application on the yield and seed quality of soybean under no-tillage conditions
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 77 No. 4 (2022)
-
JACEK ANTONKIEWICZ,
BARBARA WIŚNIOWSKA-KIELIAN,
Effect of furnace waste and municipal sewage sludge on the Ca, Mg, K, Na and P uptake by a mixture of grasses
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 69 No. 2 (2014)
-
Andrzej Woźniak,
Leszek Rachoń,
Myroslawa Soroka,
Impact of cropping and tillage system on take-all disease of winter wheat (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici)
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 78 No. 3 (2023)
-
Andrzej Woźniak,
Effect of cropping systems on quantitative changes in prevailing weed species
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 78 No. 1 (2023)
-
Elżbieta Harasim,
Cezary A. Kwiatkowski,
Jan Buczek,
Olimpia Klikocka-Wiśniewska,
Agrobiofortification of spring wheat with nitrogen and sulfur in terms of improving yield and grain quality
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 79 No. 4 (2024)
-
HALINA BUCZKOWSKA,
ANDRZEJ SAŁATA,
HELENA ŁABUDA,
AGNIESZKA NAJDA,
Aging of seeds – a complex problem of gene banks. A review
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 73 No. 4 (2018)
-
MAREK ĆWINTAL,
SYLWESTER GOLIASZ,
Influence of microelements and attractants on the elements of yield structure and yield of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) seeds
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 73 No. 3 (2018)
-
HALINA LIPIŃSKA,
MAGDALENA SYKUT,
AGNIESZKA KĘPKOWICZ,
WIESŁAW WAŃKOWICZ,
ALICJA BIESKE-MATEJAK,
AGATA ZACHARIASZ,
RAFAŁ KORNAS,
WOJCIECH LIPIŃSKI,
Allelopatyczny wpływ skoszonej biomasy nadziemnej Lolium perenne na skład gatunkowy i walory estetyczne trawnika
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 71 No. 3 (2016)
-
Grzegorz Szumiło,
Leszek Racho,
The influence of mineral fertilization levels on yielding and quality of naked and hulled cultivars of spring barley and oat
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 61 (2006)
-
ANNA PŁAZA,
FELIKS CEGLAREK,
Tuber quality of edible potato fertilized with catch crops and barley straw
,
Agronomy Science: Vol. 64 No. 3 (2009)
<< < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > >>
You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.