Exempel på sward

• As stocking rate increases sward utilization improves, but at the cost of lowered output per head, because of grazing severity restricting animal intake.

• Influence of structure and composition of ryegrass and prairie grass-white clover swards on the grazed horizon and diet harvested by sheep.

• Effects of sward height and bulk density on bite dimensions of cattle grazing homogeneous swards.

• The influence of sward condition on rates of herbage growth and senescence in mixed swards under continuous stocking management.

• It is concluded that forb-rich swards are suitable for the preparation of high quality silages.

• This suggests trade-off between intake potential and other factors influencing dietary preference as sward conditions changed.

• The herbage from the swards was ensiled in laboratory silos and the silage quality analysed.

• The swards were cut four times per year.

• He followed this with experiments in which stocking rate was shown to have major effects on animal production from grazed swards.

• This management created strips for each sward type which were either immature and relatively short, or mature and relatively tall.

• At the time of sowing, there were marked differences in the amount of bare ground and sward height due to the fencing and cultivation treatments.

• On bare soil 39% of both the dung-covered and buried seeds germinated, in perennial grass swards 24-43%, and under tree canopies 10- 24% respectively.

• There is a clear vision of how commons should look; this is the short sward that maintains its 'green hue', which is neat and ordered.

• The sward type within which each animal was grazing was also recorded.

• Early spring defoliation patterns can condition the sward for mid-season growth by promoting leafier herbage with fewer reproductive tillers.