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Discuss the following terms as used in livestock production system. a)Rain-fed mixed-farming systems b)Solely livestock production systems. c)Grassland-based systems d)Mixed-farming systems e)Irrigated mixed-farming systems

      

Discuss the following terms as used in livestock production system.
a)Rain-fed mixed-farming systems
b)Solely livestock production systems.
c)Grassland-based systems
d)Mixed-farming systems
e)Irrigated mixed-farming systems

  

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Jim
-Rain-fed mixed-farming systems; subset of the mixed systems in which more than 90 percent of the value of non-livestock farm production comes from rain-fed land use.
-Solely livestock production systems; Livestock systems in which more than 90 percent of dry matter fed to animals comes from range-lands, pastures, annual forages and purchased feeds and less than 10 percent of the total value of production comes from non-livestock farming .
-Grassland-based systems; Subset of solely livestock production systems in which more than 10 percent of the dry matter fed to animals is farm-produced and in which annual average stocking rates are less than ten LU per hectare of agricultural land.
-Mixed-farming systems; Livestock systems in which more than 10 percent of the dry matter fed to animals comes from crop by-products or stubble or more than 10 percent of the total value of production comes from non-livestock farming activities
-Irrigated mixed-farming systems; subset of the mixed systems in which more than 10 percent of the value of non-livestock farm production comes from irrigated land use.
jim items answered the question on November 16, 2018 at 15:36

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