Grass 3

A suckler cow is how many LU's (livestock units)?

• 2

• 1.5

• 1

• 5

Which of these grazing systems is the most expensive to set up but has very good grass utilisation?

• Set stocking

• Block grazing

• Paddock grazing

Which of these is an advantage of set stocking

• Fresh grass always available

• Low worm burden

• Cheap and low labour required

• Good grass utilisation

Block grazing is common with

• Dairy farmers

• Pig farmers

• Part time small farmers

What is the best way to graze a crop of kale

• Just let them out in it

• Strip graze it

• Graze in blocks

Fencing, water troughs and roadways are examples of what on a farm

• Grazing systems

• tools

• machinery

• Infrastructure

Which of these is the definition of tillering?

• The growing upwards of a plant.

• Mowing grass to a height of 5-7 cm

• Spraying grassland

• The development of side shoots in a plant (thickening out of a plant).

Which of these is a definition of topping

• Mowing grass to a height of 5-7 cm

• The thickening up of grass.

• The growing upwards of a grass plant

Topping is very common in a zero grazing system

• True

• False

Which of these plants has the ability to fix nitrogen N

• PRG

• Italian Ryegrass

• Bent Grasses

• Clover