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Beef production from silages produced from Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne and permanent grassland swards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

T. Keating  and
P. O' Kiely
T. Keating
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
P. O' Kiely
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
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Grass forms a major component of the total ruminant feed in both Ireland and the UK. Much of the grassland consists of permanent swards of diverse botanical composition with many of the grass species present considered ‘secondary’ or ‘undesirable’ (Frame and Tiley, 1987). The objective of this study was to compare reseeded Lolium multiflorum and Lolium perenne swards with an old permanent grassland sward managed under intensive silage conservation systems, and to determine the annual production of grass silage and subsequent beef carcass output per hectare when the silages were offered to finishing cattle.

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Silage Feeding
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 133
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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