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TOPIC: Pasture and Forage Crops
CONTENT: 1. Meaning and Uses of pasture and Forage crops
SUB TOPIC 1: Meaning and Uses of Pasture and Forage Crops
A Pasture is an area of land on which grasses and legumes (forages) grow for animals to graze. Forage crops are plants cultivated for their vegetative portions in a pasture and are used either in fresh or preserved for feeding livestock such as cattle, sheep and goat. They may be harvested and fed to the animals in their shed (soiling/zero grazing) or animals are allowed to graze directly on the field.
USES OF FORAGE / PASTURE CROPS
SUB TOPIC 2: Types of Pasture
There are two main types of pasture: the natural and artificial pastures
CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL PASTURE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTIFICIAL PASTURE
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