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Animal production studies in Jamaica. IV. The costs of developing and maintaining pangola grass pastures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

B. L. Nestel
B. L. Nestel
Affiliation:
Animal Production Division, Research Department of the The Sugar Manufacturers' Association, Mandeville, Jamaica
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The cost of developing and maintaining pangola grass pastures has been examined under a range of conditions. The direct cost of improving pastures to the stage where they were established as 5–10 acre, fenced, watered units of pangola grass was about £30 per acre. Under favourable conditions this cost could be reduced to £20, but with difficult land or poor techniques the cost could rise to £40 or more per acre. In addition to the direct cost of establishment there was an indirect cost due to land being out of use or stock numbers having to be reduced. This indirect cost appeared to be highest on lands where planting costs were least. It was suggested that there might be an inverse relationship between direct and indirect costs which tended to narrow the total range of establishment costs.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 179 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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