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Organic dairy farming (ukrofs standards): milk production and stocking rates during the first year of conversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

R F Weller ,
A Cooper  and
A B McAllan
R F Weller
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Trawsgoed Research Farm, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, DYFED SY23 4LL
A Cooper
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Trawsgoed Research Farm, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, DYFED SY23 4LL
A B McAllan
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, DYFED SY23 3EB
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The production of organic milk as defined by UKROFS (United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards) requires set production standards, the registration of approved producers and a minimum conversion period before the sale of the product. During the period when a farm is being converted to organic milk production the change from using large quantities of inorganic fertiliser to the establishment of swards containing white clover can reduce both the stocking rate and total milk output (Houghton and Poole, 1990), reducing the income from the farm.

An experiment was designed to study the effects of both grazing to pre-determined sward heights and feeding a concentrate supplement on the stocking rates and milk production of a spring-calving dairy herd.

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Cattle
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 143
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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