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Pasture Cropping (Characteristics (Combines grazing and cropping into one…
Pasture Cropping
Characteristics
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Some pasture or perennial crops are dormant in winter and a cereal crops can be sown in without killing the pasture
Growing a cereal crop is combined with cattle grazing at high stocking levels for short periods of time
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Advantages
Once the system is established, the natural grasslands recover and the diversity and density of perennial grasses improve
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Reduced use of fertilizers, herbicides
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Challanges
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Farmers need good scientific and technological knowledge of types of pastures that regenerate annually after rain
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