Table 7-2. Recommended grazing for Advance tall fescue on fully irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia and New Zealand.

Season†

Grazing frequency ‡

Pre-grazing mass

Leaf stage

 

d

kg DM/ha

 

Winter

30-50

2700

3

20 Aug. to 1 Sept.

25

<2800

3

25 Sept. to 1-20 Nov.

10-12

2300-2500

2

20 Nov. to May

12-14

<2800

2-3

† Dates may be later in regions north of Victoria.

‡ Periods between grazing will be longer on nonirrigated farms when soil moisture is limiting growth, or where irrigation is less frequent than 7 d.

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