Managing grassland systems to optimise livestock production Kim R Craig

Managing grassland systems to optimise livestock production Kim R CraigHigh prices of milk have encouraged intensive dairying systems using high inputs of chemical fertilisers, indoor feeding with high amounts of concentrate and imported protein at the expense of grazing. Consequently grassland acreage decreased considerably over the last 30 years, and the European dairy systems have become highly dependent on imported fossil energy and proteins. However, the various roles of grassland in providing regulating and

is the first book-length work focused on this artist's contributions to American modernism in the early twentieth century

as well as wider insights into how people link local actions to global challenges

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In providing a detailed overview of the current status of sheep production

The development of sound conservation and regeneration strategies depends on the exploitation of genetic variation of tropical trees

emphasis has been put upon the continuities between those two phases

the volume's four thematic sections deal with 'Theory and practice'

This book studies the south-central Alborz as a language transition zone

It reinterprets faience production techniques of the Roman Period and includes an illustrated catalogue of the finds

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The potential of successful health interventions to mitigate negative environmental impacts represents a point of synergy between concerns around environmental sustainability and animal welfare