Technical-productive characterization of cattle systems in southern Anzotegui state. Management of the pasture resource

摘要

With the purpose of characterizing the cattle systems in southern Anzotegui state, an evaluation of the technical-productive indicators was done in 70 cattle farms selected at random and located in a radius of 50 km from the Centre for Agricultural Research of the Anzotegui state. The data were collected by means of a fast survey applied to the owners of the farms, referred to pasture management, animal population, infrastructure and equipment, feeding handling, and fate of the production. The statistical analysis was descriptive. Cattle farms are oriented to the double intention (47.5%), with paddocks of variable size, being the average 28.3 ha, where the continuous grazing prevailed (81.4%). The average of the area with introduced pasture was 178.8 ha. The utilization values of the grass for ha/cow-mass and unit cow-mass/ha were 21.9 and 0.3, respectively for the area with introduced grass. The cattle farms in southern Anzotegui state were characterized for being extensive with great areas of native grass and with low technique-productive investment.