This paper reports the results of on-farm testing of grass+legume pastures assessed in terms of milk production in dual-purpose systems.
No information on the contribution of persistent and adapted grass+legume mixtures to milk production in dual-purpose systems in tropical rainforest environments was available.
The pastures, together with their grass-alone control, were incorporated by farmers into the normal paddock rotation, and were grazed by dual-purpose cattle of mixed breeding.
Investigation of these aspects of dual-purpose production will require orthodox designs and contemporary measurements of the above variables.
The first is this question of unloading private and dual-purpose vehicles.
The last thing that we want is the wiping out of dual-purpose cattle because of milk emphasis.
All other heifers, including dual-purpose breeds and crossbred calves sired by a beef bull, will be judged on their merits.
All advanced opinion in the industry is agreed that it is in the dual-purpose boat that we should invest our money, faith and enterprise.
