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Whole-crop barley as a supplementary feed for dairy cows grazing at two sward heights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A. Hargreaves  and
J.D. Leaver
A. Hargreaves
Affiliation:
Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN2S 5AH
J.D. Leaver
Affiliation:
Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN2S 5AH
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In previous research grazing dairy cows showed no response to whole-crop barley silage (WCB) cut at different stages of growth, but the crop yield and quality, and DM losses were optimised at 350 to 450 g DM/Kg (early to hard dough) (Hargreaves and Leaver, 1992). However tha effect of herbage availability on the response to WCB supplementation is not known, therefore the objective of this study was to examine this effect during mid to late summer.

Winter barley (var. Puffin) was harvested on 16th July at 380 g DM/Kg (soft dough) and a yield of 14 t DM/ha. The chopped material was stored in a bunker silo.

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Dairy Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 96
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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Hargreaves, A. and Leaver, J.D. (1992). Whole-crop barley as a supplementary food for grazing dairy cows. Animal Production 54, 465 (Abstr).Google Scholar