Sentence examples for poor quality pasture from inspiring English sources
Land degradation is the most widespread and severe in communal areas which are characterized by deforested landscapes, poor quality pasture and soil infertility.
A common characteristic of the ASALs is low and erratic precipitation associated with recurrent droughts (Irungu et al. 2014; Gikaba et al. 2014), making poor-quality pastures a major constraint to livestock production (Food and Agriculture Organization 2005).
Bassett (1988) observed that poor quality of pasture and the progressive drying up of watering places during the dry season led to increased movement southward by the transhumant herders to where good pastures and adequate water were still available.
Most households in the KGR interviewed in June 2011 833%) described poor quality of grass, scarcity of water and animals running out of pasture (overgrazing) as the main push factors for transhumance.
In this same study, RFI groups were similar in CH4 production when the cows were pregnant and grazing poor quality (55% digestibility) annual pasture during the summer (0.26 ± 0.018 v. 0.26 ± 0.013 g CH4/kg cow LW/day, P > 0.1; 10.2 ± 0.27 v. 10.7 ± 0.26 kg DM/500 kg LW/day; P > 0.1).
Amadou Korka Balde, the village chief, says it is caused by the lack of pasture in the area and the poor quality of the remaining grass.
In horses, systemic L. monocytogenes infections have been associated with silage feeding [ 22, 26], feeding on poor quality hay [ 17] or grazing on spray and flood-irrigated grass clover pasture [ 14].
We found cases of EMND commonly where horses had no access to pasture or other green feed and were fed poor quality food/hay [ 5, 10, 14].
No supplementary feeding was given on pasture and during winter the animals were fed only roughage in the form of poor quality silage.
Large Blacks are best suited for pasture-based farming due to their strong foraging and grazing ability, which efficiently converts poor quality feed into meat.
The second problem is poor quality.
