Monetary value of pasture especially in relation to fertiliser trials

Abstract

It is proposed that pasture should be valued according to the market values of products generated by grazing animals, and therefore by applying appropriate nutritional data through the concept of “"standard grass"”. Dry matter from standard grass contains 61.6% digestible organic matter (DOM); as a rule this index should be determined to permit pasture produced in. or related to, fertiliser trials on grassland to be compared with standard grass. At prices paid in New Zealand for animal products from 1962 to 1968, net value of pasture actually consumed on dairy farms seemed to vary from 1.85 to 2.30 cents per kg of standard dry matter, and on sheep farms from 0.28 to 0.89 cents.