An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures
An approximate 40-65% of the qualified roughage needs of farm animals in Turkey can be met according to different calculations. Natural rangelands are important sources in this regard. However, there are serious problems in the management of these areas. Particularly, untimely and heavy grazing i...
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An approximate 40-65% of the qualified roughage needs of farm animals in Turkey can be met according to different calculations. Natural rangelands are important sources in this regard. However, there are serious problems in the management of these areas. Particularly, untimely and heavy grazing is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of vegetative cover. Grain pastures are one of the best options for both reducing the qualified roughage deficit as well as in the solution of certain problems related to grazing in rangelands. Grass yield and quality of cool climate cereals are high, and they reach grazing maturity before natural rangelands in spring, then they can be grazed until later in fall and even could be used as winter rangeland in regions with cool winters. They can also be used for double production (grass + grain). In this respect, the importance and potential of grain pastures in the rangeland-based livestock system have been evaluated in this paper.
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| spelling | doaj-art-446966a00d0e4e6fa2ec186e48167bcd2025-08-20T02:30:47ZengPrensip PublishingActa Natura et Scientia2718-06382022-01-013110.29329/actanatsci.2022.351.01207An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain PasturesAhmet Gökkuş0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-8498Hülya Hanoğlu Oral1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-9637Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, 17020 Çanakkale, TurkeyMuş Alparslan University, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Technologies, 49000 Muş, Turkey An approximate 40-65% of the qualified roughage needs of farm animals in Turkey can be met according to different calculations. Natural rangelands are important sources in this regard. However, there are serious problems in the management of these areas. Particularly, untimely and heavy grazing is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of vegetative cover. Grain pastures are one of the best options for both reducing the qualified roughage deficit as well as in the solution of certain problems related to grazing in rangelands. Grass yield and quality of cool climate cereals are high, and they reach grazing maturity before natural rangelands in spring, then they can be grazed until later in fall and even could be used as winter rangeland in regions with cool winters. They can also be used for double production (grass + grain). In this respect, the importance and potential of grain pastures in the rangeland-based livestock system have been evaluated in this paper. https://prensipjournals.com/ojs/index.php/actanatsci/article/view/207Grain pasturesGrazingNutrition value |
| spellingShingle | Ahmet Gökkuş Hülya Hanoğlu Oral An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures Acta Natura et Scientia Grain pastures Grazing Nutrition value |
| title | An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures |
| title_full | An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures |
| title_fullStr | An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures |
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| title_short | An Important Forage Source for Animals: Small Grain Pastures |
| title_sort | important forage source for animals small grain pastures |
| topic | Grain pastures Grazing Nutrition value |
| url | https://prensipjournals.com/ojs/index.php/actanatsci/article/view/207 |
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