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Grazing cattle exert positive and negative effects on pasture production. It is shown that at a fertilizer nitrogen (N) input of 200 kg N ha-1 yr-1 and more, the benefit from N circulation through urine and dung is not of significance for the pasture as a whole. Of the negative effects, poaching has the greatest influence on the response of pasture production to N fertilization.
Two one-year experiments are described which showed that there were no significant differences in the response of grassland production to N fertilization between cutting and grazing usage above about 200 kg N ha-1 yr-1.
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Lantinga, E.A., Keuning, J.A., Groenwold, J., Deenen, P.J.A.G. (1987). Distribution of excreted nitrogen by grazing cattle and its effects on sward quality, herbage production and utilization. In: Van Der Meer, H.G., Unwin, R.J., Van Dijk, T.A., Ennik, G.C. (eds) Animal Manure on Grassland and Fodder Crops. Fertilizer or Waste?. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3659-1_7
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