TY  - CONF
N2  - This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. An experiment was carried out to determine whether the application of calcified seaweed improved the preference of organic dairy cows for pasture. Two treatments were applied in May 2001; calcified seaweed applied at 625kg/ha (C+) or no application (C-). The number of cows grazing within individual plots was recorded in July and August 2001. A significantly higher number of cows were recorded in C+ plots than in C- plots. This effect could not be explained by changes in soil or herbage analysis. There may have been additional unknown effects of the C+ treatment on herbage palatability but the results may also have been influenced by external factors such as the location of water troughs.
ED  - Powell, Jane
ED  - et al.
ID  - orgprints8389
AV  - public
SP  - 173
Y1  - 2002///
UR  - https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/8389/
PB  - Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
KW  - Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR;  dairy cows
KW  -  grazing
KW  -  preference
KW  -  calcified seaweed
TI  - Effect of calcified seaweed application on grazing preference by dairy cows

EP  - 178
A1  - Younie, David
A1  - Blanke, Bettina
ER  -