DOES FORAGE QUALITY PAY?

摘要

Does forage quality pay? Absolutely, it pays in many different ways for different situations. It may help produce the maximum return through high milk or meat production; it may increase breeding success; it may help a producer allocate different pastures or forage lots to the appropriate animal group, or it may help get higher prices for hay that is sold. It may be that a producer, upon finding out the forage quality of his hay, will decide to feed the best to animals most needing protein and energy, or he may decide it is most profitable to sell the best and feed the rest.