Worksheetspasture management
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Number of animals that can graze on a set area of land refers to......
Stocking rate
Digestibility
Botanical Composition
Productivity
Grass is highly digestible in the vegetative stage which a DMD of approx ______%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Grass plant finishes elongation stage when ______________ starts to emerge.
Seed head
Flower
Leaves
Grass plant finishes elongation stage when ______________ starts to emerge.
Seed head
Flower
Leaves
The amount of feed an animal consumes, excluding its water content refers to
Dry Matter
Dry Matter Digestibility
Dry Matter Intake
Identify the grazing system
Block Grazing
Set Stocking
Paddock grazing
Mixed grazing
•Fermentation is carried out by anaerobic bacteria, which converts carbohydrates into acid to preserve the grass.
What does the term anaerobic mean?
Oxygen present
Oxygen absent
1. These are narrow-leaf species that easily grow on vacant lots and denuded areas where the topsoil is very thin.
Forages
Grasses
Legumes
Trees
2. It is a creeping perennial plant with stout above the ground runners which root fully at the nodes and grows well under the warm moist conditions
Centrosema
Guinea grass
Napier
Para grass
5. In this system of pasture utilization, the goats are allowed to graze in the pasture area for at least eight hours a day and are only kept inside the house during the unfavorable hours of the day and during bad weather.
Grazing system
Silage making
Tethering
Zero grazing
4. These are broadleaf species, noted for their high protein content and these have root nodules with microorganisms known as rhizobium.
Forages
Grasses
Legumes
Trees
6. In this system of pasture utilization, the goats are tied each to a rope about 6 to 10-meter long.
Grazing system
Silage making
Tethering
Zero grazing
