Effects of initial grazing date on forage production and quality of a pasture in the Veneto plain. First year results

Abstract

Agro-environmental measures in the current Common Agricultural Policy encourage the adoption of low-input agricultural practices that would reduce the impact of farming on the environment. In a mixed sward of the Veneto plain, we studied forage production and quality of a pasture that did not receive any fertilizer and irrigation input during the trial.......

Keywords

• sustainable agriculture, rotational grazing, pasture productivity, forage quality