Module Identifier | RD27710 | ||
Module Title | PASTURE MANAGEMENT | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Iwan Owen | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Assessment | Assignment | Pasture improvement assignment. Outcomes Assessed: 2, 3. | 50% |
Exam | 1.5 Hours Outcomes Assessed: 1, 3, 4. | 50% |
Performance criteria:
a. The morphology of pasture plants is explained.
b. A range of pasture species are identified and evaluated.
c. The influence of climate and soil on pasture growth are understood.
Ranges:
Grasses, legumes and herbs.
Rainfall, temperature.
Soil texture, structure, drainage, fertility.
Outcome 2
Construct a pasture improvement programme.
Performance criteria:
a. The principles of pasture ecology are explained.
b. The need for pasture improvement is identified.
c. Appropriate pasture improvement techniques are selected.
Ranges:
Climate, fertility, grazing animals.
Yield, seasonality, quality.
Management, partial re-seeding, complete re-seeding.
Outcome 3
Draw up a manurial programme for grassland.
Performance criteria:
a. The roles of major and minor plant nutrients are recognised and soil analyses interpreted.
b. Fertiliser, manure and lime composition are intepreted.
c. Manurial programmes are constructed.
Ranges:
Major, minor and trace elements, pH
Inorganic, semi-organic and organic manures, lime
Manure type and quantity, timing
Outcome 4
Recognise the roles of grazing and forage conservation management in efficient grassland management.
Performance criteria:
a. The role of good grazing and forage management is recognised.
b. The principles of grazing and forage management are explained.
c. Appropriate grazing and forage strategies are selected.
Ranges:
Nutrition, pasture management, parasite control.
Animal behaviour, parasite control, techniques.
Systems.
Outcome 5
Construct a grassland management plan.
Performance criteria:
a. An establishment's pasture production is evaluated.
b. Appropriate pasture improvement and manuring programmes are selected.
c. Pasture utilisation by grazing and conservation is integrated.
Ranges:
Soil, climate, pasture composition.
Weed control, management inputs, soil fertility.
System, site, season.