Productive and Economic Responses in Grazing Dairy Cows to Grain Supplementation on Family Farms in the South of Brazil

Productive and Economic Responses in Grazing Dairy Cows to Grain Supplementation on Family Farms in the South of Brazil

Pasture-based dairy production has been a major source of income for most family farms in the south of Brazil. Increasing milk prices have spurred an increase in grain supplementation, which has been poorly implemented, resulting in low levels of efficiency. To evaluate the consequences of supplemen...

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Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Leandro Martins Dvila, Daniele Cristina da Silva Kazama, Lauana Luiza Bento, Shirley Kuhnen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
livestock sustainability
grazing behavior
milk composition
Voisin’s Rational Grazing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/4/3/463

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