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Implementing grazing management strategies that coordinate grazing with grass growth stages can stimulate increased herbage production by up to 45%. Grass has been bred to not only tolerate grazing but to stimulate its growth as a response to defoliation.
This Farming Note will give you a greater understanding of the factors that affect grass growth
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and it will enable grazing management to be coordinated to maximise grass growth and quality to improve the profitability of milk production.
Included with this publication is a guide to grass budgeting and a budgeting sheet for your own farm use. This will enable you to calculate your daily grass requirements in conjunction with grass availability measured by a grass plate meter or similar device.
