@conference {40615,
	title = {Increasing per cow milk solids production in a pasture-based dairy system by manipulating the diet: A review.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {267-274},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Research suggests that the genetic potential for milksolids (MS)  
production by New Zealand dairy cows is considerably under-exploited under  
current grazing conditions.  There is also a growing awareness that only  
small improvements in MS production per cow can be achieved with pasture-only  
systems on high producing New Zealand dairy farms (i.e. those producing  
315kg MS/cow or 1,000kg MS/ha).  The review identifies nutritional  
limitations of a pasture-based diet as one of the barriers to further  
increases in per cow MS production.  It is argued that further increases  
in per cow production on New Zealand{\textquoteright}s high producing (in terms of per cow MS  
production) dairy farms is contingent upon the need to balance the pasture- 
based diet for protein, carbohydrates, fibre, minerals and vitamins through  
strategic use of feedstuffs.  One of the keys to successfully balancing a  
pasture-based diet is to obtain better data on the nutritional status of pasture  
throughout the year so that the most economic feedstuffs which will balance  
the ration can be identified. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Edwards NJ and Parker WJ}
}
