Grassland Beef Production : A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Beef Production, Held at the Centre for European Agricultural Studies, Wye College (University of London), Ashford, Kent, UK, July 25–27, 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Agricultural Research Co-Ordination in the European Community....Pages 1-3 Technical and Economic Background to Beef Production in Britain....Pages 4-10 French Beef Production Systems from Grassland....Pages 11-22 Summer Grazing and Winter Feeding Studies with Suckler Cows....Pages 23-34 Some Effects of Changes in Cow Liveweight in the Autumn Calving Suckler Herd....Pages 35-43 The Performance of Beef Cows and their Calves at Pasture....Pages 44-47 Grasp — A Grassland Planning Program for the HP41C Programmable Calculator....Pages 48-59 The Grassland Requirements of Different Breeds in Beef Production Systems....Pages 60-71 Effect of Grazing Method, Nitrogen Level, Supplementary Feeding and Stocking Rate on the Performance of Young Grazing Bulls....Pages 72-81 All Grass Beef....Pages 82-96 Performance of Bulls and Steers under Similar Feeding and Management Conditions....Pages 97-106 Storage Feeding of Beef Bulls....Pages 107-112 A Comparison of Progeny Testing of Friesian Bulls Indoors and on Pasture....Pages 113-123 Some Considerations on Performance Testing on Pasture for European Beef Breeds....Pages 124-140 Measurement of Grazing Behaviour and Herbage Intake on Two Different Grazing Management Systems for Beef Production....Pages 141-150 Concentrate Supplementation of Grazing Cattle....Pages 151-160 A Technique for the Measurement of Grazing Behaviour....Pages 161-164 The Effect of Stocking Rate and Size of Animal on Herbage Intake and Animal Performance....Pages 165-166 Heifer Performance on High Pastures and Digestibility of Pasture Grass....Pages 167-170 Preventive Measures to Control Intestinal Parasites in Grazing Young Stock....Pages 171-178 Continuous and Rotational Grazing for Beef Production....Pages 179-184 Monensin-Sodium and Lasalocid-Sodium as Growth Promoters for Grazing Young Beef Bulls....Pages 185-190 Summary of the Final Discussion....Pages 191-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-195