"Experientia docet" - Experience is the best teacher
Feeding potential of summer grain crop residues for woolled sheep in the south-eastern Transvaal Highveld I. Availability of cro
In a two-year study, the value of crop residues of lupins, dry beans, soybeans, sunflower, sorghum and maize for wintering sheep was evaluated. The amounts of residues arid weeds present at the start and end of grazing were estimated by…
Feeding potential of summer grain crop residues for woolled sheep in the south-eastern Transvaal Highveld 11. Selection of mate
Dohne Merino wethers grazed crop residues of lupins, dry beans, soybeans, sunflower, sorghum and maize at a stocking rate of 10 wethers / ha. Three wethers in every treatment were oesophageally fistulated and during sampling periods the other seven were…
An evaluation of fababean (Vicia faba) and lupin (Lupinus albus) stubble and seed for sheep (Short communication)
The experiment was carried out to compare fababean with lupin crop residues for summer grazing by young Merino wethers. The crude protein (CP) and dry matter (DM) degradability as well as chemical composition of fababean and lupin seed and stalks…
