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Studies on native and improved native pastures in South Sulawesi, Indonesia-Effects of sulfur fertilizer and stocking rate on animal production |
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M. Hunt, A. R. Till, G. J. Blair, D. Bulo, P. Orchard |
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The effects of S fertilization and stocking rate on cattle production from native and sown pastures were studied in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. On the native pasture there was no effect of S application over the three years of the experiment. The per head production was lower at the higher stocking rate (1.0 hd/ga), but the overall production increased by an average of 49%. There was no response to S applied to the clean seedbed pastures in the first year, but significant responses developed in the second and third years. There was an overall higher production from the higher stocked pastures (3.0 hd/ha), but the per head production was lower. There was a mean of about a two-fold increase in animal production from the highest native to the lowest improved pasture and a 3.4 times increase from the low stocking rate native to the high stocking rate sown pasture. |
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Cattle Production; Stocking Rate; Sulfur; Fertilizer; Pasture |
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