PASTURE PRODUCTION ESTIMATES BY MEASURES OTHER THAN CUTTING

Abstract

We can distinguish two basic items about grassland that require measurement or assessment, namely (1) production and (2) botanical composition. Each has its own problems of evaluation. For the purposes of this paper we are concerned with production rather than with the species composition of pastures, although it may be difficult at times to consider one without the other. Production obviously depends to a considerable degree on the species present. Methods of assessing changes in production also assess the effect of changes in composition.