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    Dry matter and sheep production of four dryland tall fescue-clover pastures 4-6 years after establishment

    Black, Alistair; Moir, James L.
    Abstract
    Effects of tall fescue cultivar (‘Advance’ and ‘Flecha’) and clover species (white and subterranean (sub) clovers) combinations on pasture dry matter (DM) and sheep production were assessed in years four (2011/12), five (2012/13) and six (2013/14) after establishment in dryland, Canterbury. ‘Advance’ pastures yielded less total herbage than ‘Flecha’ pastures (13.9 cf. 16.5 t DM/ha) but more fescue (8.6 cf. 5.9 t DM/ha) and 2.1 t DM/ha clover in year four, 13.5 t DM/ha total herbage with more fescue (8.0 cf. 4.1 t DM/ha) and 1.9 t DM/ha clover in year five, and 11.7 t DM/ha total herbage, 5.4 t DM/ha fescue and 0.8 t DM/ha clover in year six. Sub clover pastures yielded more total, fescue and clover herbage (16.9, 8.8 and 3.2 t DM/ha) than white clover pastures (13.5, 5.7 and 1.0 t DM/ha) in year four, more fescue in year five (7.2 cf. 4.9 t DM/ha), and more clover in year six (1.2 cf. 0.3 t DM/ha). Sheep liveweight gain was greater for sub than white clover pastures in year four (939 cf. 431 kg/ha) and five (697 cf. 481 kg/ha) and 689 kg/ha in year six. Therefore, sub clover and ‘Advance’ were generally more productive than white clover and ‘Flecha’, but both fescues showed similar persistence after 6 years.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    cultivar; Festuca arundinacea; grass-clover mixtures; liveweight gain; Trifolium subterraneum; Trifolium repens
    Fields of Research
    0703 Crop and Pasture Production; 070301 Agro-ecosystem Function and Prediction; 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; 0702 Animal Production; 070202 Animal Growth and Development; 070204 Animal Nutrition
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Black, A.D., & Moir, J.L. (2015). Dry matter and sheep production of four dryland tall fescue-clover pastures 4-6 years after establishment. Journal of New Zealand Grasslands, 77, 117-122.
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