@conference {41481,
	title = {Future genetic progress of dairy cattle in New Zealand},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {64},
	year = {2004},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {96-100},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {  Significant lifts in profitability have been achieved by New Zealand dairy farmers through the inclusion of  increasing amounts of maize silage into a pasture based system. Most of this maize is grown off the dairy unit on  farmer owned or leased runoff blocks or by contract growers. While there is still significant scope to improve dairy  farm productivity by increasing maize silage input levels, there is considerable opportunity to also improve dairy farm  productivity by reducing feed costs through improving maize silage yields, increasing milk output by lifting maize  silage nutritional quality and improving  agronomic stability of maize silage  offering higher yields over a wider  environmental range. Traditional plant breeding, genetic engineering and advances in agronomic management all have  the potential to impact production potential and profitability of maize silage in New Zealand dairy farm systems.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Montgomerie WA}
}
