creators_name: Philipps, Lois
type: journalp
datestamp: 2007-06-19
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:36:23
metadata_visibility: show
title: A guide to organic grassland
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: 1pasture
subjects: 9education
subjects: 3feeding
full_text_status: public
keywords: grassland, management, ley, bloat, fertiliser, silage, yields, clover, seed rate, seed mix
abstract: Organic farming systems in the UK are traditionally based on ley/arable crop rotations. Up to 70% of the farmed area comprises of mixed grass and legume leys. These leys offer a powerful mechanism for supplying nitrogen through their potential to harvest biologically fixed nitrogen to support both animal production and a subsequent phase of arable cropping.  This bulletin answers some of the common questions about organic grassland management.
date: 2001-07
date_type: published
publication: Elm Farm Research Centre Bulletin
number: 56
pagerange: 9-10
institution: Elm Farm Research Centre
refereed: never
citation: Philipps, Lois (2001) A guide to organic grassland. Elm Farm Research Centre Bulletin (56), pp. 9-10.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/10812/1/A_guide_to_organic_grassland.pdf