Abstract
THE RESULTS of cutting trials which have been designed to provide information on grazing frequency and intensity in pasture rotations have, in both temperate and tropical regions, often shown that lax and infrequent cutting promotes higher dry matter production than does more intensive and frequent cutting, except on prostrate rhizolmatous and stoloniferous pastures These results have, however, seldom been successfully translated into increased animal production where the negative association frequently observed between dry matter production and both herbage quality and the degree of utilization of the dry matter produced often negates the increased production resulting from lax and infrequent grazing. Added to this are the longer term effects of spelling interval and grazing intensity on sward density and botanical composition, these effects varying through the season as the morphological condition of the pasture species changes.
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