Animal production studies in Jamaica. V. Live-weight production from pangola grass pastures used for rearing and fattening beef cattle and the economic implications of the yields

Abstract

Yields from improved (pangola) and unimproved pastures on a group of beef cattle farms have been recorded during the years 1958–62. On these farms it was shown that there was a highly significant relationship between the percentage of improved grassland and the live-weight output per acre of the whole farm. This relationship indicated that the output of unimproved land on these farms was of the order of 45 lb. per acre, and that of improved (pangola) pasture 260 lb. per acre.