Solution to the lack of straw : Switchgrass A product rather easy to harvest. What are the benefits and limitations of switchgrass grown on-site to replace the straw purchased outside ? Answers in Corrèze. The switchgrass is more and more interest frombreeders in the lack of straw. This perennial crop is the subject of a follow-up […]
The forage and the vagaries of the weather The switchgrass as an alternative to the straw The switchgrass or panic erected is a grass perennial that you can use as a litter box. This plant has a production potential of between 7 and 15 t of MS as a function of the characteristics of soil […]
Evolution of the price of the straw : Increase 60 % in 15 years Despite large regional disparities, the post litter weighs more in production costs. (photo ©makunin – Pixabay) In a folder to theuse of straw in the farms herbiroves, theInstitute of thebreeding’sis focused on theincrease in the cost of the litter. Despite large […]
The Switchgrass as an alternative to the straw : testimony ofa breeder of waterfowls (Dordogne) Interview da breeder of waterfowls using switchgrass, grown on the farm, as an alternative to the straw. Video made in the framework of the project ARPIDA-Straw, on the bedding, duck an alternative to the straw of cereals. This regional project […]
The Switchgrass as an alternative to the straw : testimony ofa broiler breeder (Dordogne) Interview ofa broiler breeder using switchgrass grown on the farm as an alternative to the straw in his buildings. Video realized in the framework of the project ARPIDA-Straw, on the alternatives to cereal straw. This regional project has helped compile the […]
The Panic Built : Litter alternative bovine The Switchgrass goes up to about two metres Sowing plots of switchgrass has any interest in farms already self-sufficient in fodder, but markedly deficient in straw. The relief of the plots used must of course be limited to be easily machineable. “Cereal straw and switchgrass are two totally […]
The cultivation of Switchgrass tested in the Corrèze for an alternative solution to the straw Stéphane Gorce, likeother farmers in the Corrèze region, has been sown in 2021 from the Switchgrass that the first harvest is expected in 2023. In Corrèze, with the help of the Chamber of agriculture, many farmers engaged in the cultivation […]
