Grazing effect on different forage species in yield of soybean-pasture succession

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101053
• Publication Date: 2024-02-16T18:01:17Z
• Authors: Vanessa Nunes Leal; Tiago do Prado Paim; Darliane de Castr...; Patrick Bezerra F...; Luizmar Peixoto d...; Brunna Rafaela Souza; Mateus Santana Le...; Romano Roberto Va...; Lucas Ferreira Go...; Flavio Lopes Claudio; Estenio Moreira A...
• Keywords: Animal production; Nutrition. Foods and food supply; Agriculture (General); Crop-livestock integrated system; 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; Cerrado; TX341-641; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; Nutrient cycling; S1-972

Integrated crop-livestock systems play a crucial hole on sustainable intensification due simultaneous increase the land use efficiency and minimize nutrient leaching an of cycling. However, these benefits depend good planning management production system. The main objective this study was to investigate biomass composition, soybean yield beef cattle performance using three distinct forage cultivars within two cropping systems: Crop-Livestock System (ICLS) Pure Crop (CS). used were: Urochloa ruziziensis, brizantha cv. Xaraés, Megathyrsus maximus BRS Quênia. experimental area split into 24 plots, with each plot assigned one specific cultivar. ICLS involved cultivation during spring-summer followed by grazing autumn-winter. Conversely, CS functioned as pure crop system, utilizing alongside cover crop. Soybean did not differ between CS, neither (4110 ± 627.0 kg ha−1). Animal cultivars, resulting in average daily gain equals 0.538 0.316 BW day−1. per also affected yielding 145.0 56.8 ha−1. For comparison systems, converted equivalent based commodities values. proportionated increment 624 135 ha−1 year yield, representing 15% compared Therefore, off-season cash crops can enhance food production. species choice seems be paramount question for model ICLS.