Dairy R&D in SA

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ALTERNATIVES TO KIKUYU-RYEGRASS FOR DAIRY PASTURE SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN CAPE.

Kikuyu-ryegrass may no longer be optimum in the south-eastern Cape because of a number of reasons:
•    Extended periods of lower than expected rainfall
•    Poor persistence of ryegrass, with a decline of as much as 44% reported in even the most productive ryegrass cultivars from year one to year two

kikuyu-ryegrass, stocking rates, weedy species, Plantain, clover, Lucerne, Tall Fescue, monoculture, mixed species.