Essays about: "forage quality"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 81 essays containing the words forage quality.

  1. 16. Performance of dairy cows fed grass-clover silage or biorefined silage pulp of grass-clover silage

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Matilda Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : biorefined silage; silage pulp; forage; milk production; dairy cow;

    Abstract : Grass and legumes can do ecosystem services like no other crops and are one of the biggest contributions to protein in dairy cow diets. Biorefining of silage, makes it possible to produce a high-fibre silage pulp (SP) that can be fed to ruminants and a local high-quality protein feed (press juice) for monogastric animals. READ MORE

  3. 17. Bridging the gap between food production and consumption : how alternative food networks forage the Berlin Foodscape

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Magdalena Knobel; [2021]
    Keywords : alternative food networks; foodscape; local food; inclusion; participation; urban food policy;

    Abstract : Venturing into bridging the gap between food production and consumption, metropolitan Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) are increasingly gaining momentum in the Global North. Nevertheless, people interested and participating in these initiatives form a rather homogenous group of highly educated and better-off consumers. READ MORE

  4. 18. Potentialen hos ”Mattenklee” (mattbildande klöver) : en ny typ av rödklöver i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Marcus Älmefur; [2020]
    Keywords : rödklöver; Mattenklee; rotröta;

    Abstract : Rödklöver (Trifolium pratense L.) är Sveriges mest odlade vallbaljväxt. En gräsvall med klöver i jämförelse med en ren gräsvall medför högre skördepotential, smakligare, näringsrikare foder och bidrar till en ökad födoresurs för pollinerare. READ MORE

  5. 19. Slaughter weight in relation to calving date : can area quality compensate for being born late?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Sanna-Maja Breiman Wistbacka; [2020]
    Keywords : moose; slaughter weight; birth timing; area quality;

    Abstract : The interaction between wildlife and environmental properties such as climate, water and forage availability and competition is a fundamental part when studying wildlife. In ungulates, mortality rates and reproductive success are closely linked to body condition. READ MORE

  6. 20. Vass som foder till häst och nötkreatur : från skörd till ensilering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Siri Sabina Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : ensilering; foder; grovfoder; häst; näringsinnehåll; nötkreatur; phragmites australis; skörd; vass;

    Abstract : Vass (Phragmites australis) har historiskt sett använts som foder till framförallt nötkreatur, men på senare år har den blivit föremål för diskussioner som ett alternativt fodermedel till både nötkreatur och häst. I och med bristen på grovfoder år 2018 lyftes vass fram som en möjlig ersättare till odlat grovfoder. READ MORE