Grassland Use in Europe : : A Syllabus for Young Farmers.

• Author: Pol-van Dasselaar, Agnes van den.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bastiaansen-Aantjes, Leanne.; Bogue, Fergus.; O'Donovan, Michael.; Huyghe, Christian.
• Place / Publishing House: Versailles : : Quae,, 2019.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Table of contents
• Preface
• Objectives of Inno4Grass
• Diversity of European grasslands
• Main grassland types
• Economic and social importance of European grasslands
• Environmental importance
• Threats
• Chapter 1. Grassland production
• Characteristics of grass
• Use of grasslands
• Grassland species and sward assessment
• Weed management
• Chapter 2. Grazing management
• Grass supply
• Main parasitic diseases encountered on the pasture
• Main grazing parameters
• Management according to the season
• Farm infrastructure
• Chapter 3. Hay and silage making
• Cutting management and haymaking
• Silage
• Techniques adapted to legume and legume mixtures
• Chapter 4. Soil and nutrient management
• Soil characteristics related to grasslands
• Main macro-nutrients: N P K
• Biological nitrogen fixation
• Liming
• Use of animal manure
• Other macro- and micronutrients
• Chapter 5. Environment and biodiversity
• Carbon sequestration
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Water quality
• Biodiversity
• Chapter 6. Quality of grassland-based animal products
• Milk and dairy product quality
• Effect of grazed grass on milk composition
• Effect of the grass conservation type on milk composition
• References
• Characteristics of individual countries
• Sweden
• Introduction
• Climate conditions for grass and legumes in Sweden
• Feeding ruminants and horses up to the 1960s
• Use of pasture: historical development
• Comparative studies of hay and silage in the 1970s
• Conversion from hay to silage for dairy cows in the 1980s
• Decrease in roughage in the dairy cow diet in the 1990s and increase in the 2000s
• Shift to round bale silage among smallholders
• Horse owners finally turn to silage
• Grazing in Swedish production systems of today
• Organic production in Sweden.
• How the new conditions influenced seed selection
• More intensive harvesting regimes
• White clover for silage
• Using white clover for less intensive silage systems
• Lucerne for dry conditions
• Forage species adapted for different purposes
• Conclusions and future tasks
• References
• Ireland
• Introduction
• Current grazing performance on dairy farms
• Soil fertility management
• Reseeding investment
• PastureBase Ireland
• The Netherlands
• Introduction
• Dairy farming systems in the Netherlands: developments and characteristics
• Soils
• Grassland areas
• Grass yield and grass quality
• Rations
• Fertilisation
• Nutrient losses
• Trends in grazing
• Grazing as a societal issue and grazing premiums
• Grazing systems
• Ensiling grass
• Outlook on the future of dairy systems in the Netherlands
• References
• Belgium
• Introduction
• Ruminant livestock production systems
• Dairy production
• Beef production
• Sheep and other ruminant productions
• Organic farming and stockbreeding
• Pasture resources
• Grassland management and forage conservation
• Opportunities to improve pasture resources
• References
• Germany
• Introduction
• Silage
• Fermentation basics of silage making
• Anaerobic conditions
• Grass types
• Grazing
• References
• Poland
• Introduction
• Grassland productivity and management
• Grassland renovation and establishment of new grass swards
• References
• France
• Introduction
• Herbivore stocking rate
• Grassland-based livestock farming systems
• Milk production
• Dairy herd size
• Milk production per cow
• Herd size and variation
• Characteristics of production
• The importance of grassland in France
• References
• Italy
• Introduction
• The agricultural sector and animal husbandry with a focus on ruminants
• Grassland types
• Grass yield and grass quality.
• Grazing
• Grazing systems in the Italian continental regions
• Grazing systems in Italian Mediterranean regions
• Final remarks on the key aspects for climate change adaptation in Italian Mediterranean grasslands
• References.