Brazil: How to reduce the scarcity of pasture in the autumn void?

Published 2021년 2월 23일

Tridge summary

The article discusses the challenge of the autumn forage void in the Southern Region, when there is a lack of quality pasture between the end of summer pastures and the start of winter pastures. To address this issue, the article suggests sowing annual summer forages such as millet, Sudan grass, sorghum, and common corn hybrids after the summer harvest. Although these forages may not be as productive as when sown in September or October, they can provide high-nutrition value feed during the autumn forage void, which is essential for more demanding animals like dairy cows. The article also recommends sowing annual winter species like oats, rye, triticale, barley, and wheat in anticipation of the winter sowing. The study suggests that staggered sowing of annual summer forages can provide grazing for five months, and that investing in cultivars intended for animal foraging can help improve the situation.

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Original content

In agricultural production in the Southern Region, the period from March to June is known as autumn forage void, when summer pastures are low growing, fibrous and of low quality, and winter pastures are not yet ready to be grazed. An alternative to protect the sun, right after the summer harvests and increase the supply of food for cattle, is to perform the late sowing with summer species or the anticipation of winter species, aiming forage of high nutritional value in integrated crop system - livestock. Right now, at the end of February, many producers in the South Region are working on the summer harvest, mainly corn and soybeans, and have already made corn silage. After the harvest, the soil ends up being uncovered until the first winter sowing, starting in May. Another even bigger problem is the scarcity of pasture, since the summer pastures are low growing, aging and with low nutritional value. An alternative to protect the soil, in the transition from summer and winter ...

Source: Embrapa