Achieving quality grazing can help raise milk yield

摘要

Grazed grass and high yielding cows aren't always the perfect mix, but managed correctly they can be. Dairy farmers with herds producing more than 8000 litres say grazed grass can form a low-cost component of TMR without compromising yield. When highyielding cows have an edge on their appetite and the grass they are grazing is of high quality then there is no reason why they can't get a good level of their energy requirements from grass, says Martin Whell.