CP24043Forage accumulation and nutritive value in extensive, intensive, and integrated pasture-based beef cattle production systems
A challenge for livestock farmers is to improve production and nutritive value of forage grasses through management strategies. This study evaluated the impact of management on productive and nutritive traits of forages during two experimental years on five pasture-based production systems. More intensified systems with proper management allowed better characteristics than degraded pasture, ameliorating the effects of seasonality and improving tropical grasses in pasture-based livestock production systems.