Evaluation du potentiel herbager et de sa variabilité en élevage allaitant. Régionalisation de la démarche ISOP en Saône-et-Loire

In the area of Saône-et-Loire, a previous study showed that the economic efficiency of suckling farms widely depended on the proportion of grass in the feeding of the cattle. The aim of this paper is to assess the variability of grass production among years on some suckling farms, using the ISOP mod...

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Published inFourrages (186), 257-269. (2006)
Main Authors Gateau, C, Novak, S, Kockman, F, Ruget, Francoise, Granger, Sylvie
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LanguageFrench
Published 2006
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Summary:In the area of Saône-et-Loire, a previous study showed that the economic efficiency of suckling farms widely depended on the proportion of grass in the feeding of the cattle. The aim of this paper is to assess the variability of grass production among years on some suckling farms, using the ISOP model of prediction of grass production. The model was improved by applying more accurate input data (more accurate climatic and soil data) and it made it possible to get satisfying estimations of production, as compared with measurements from a farm network. Grass production depends on soil type (serving as a water reservoir), and on nitrogen fertilization (which is often low, as compared with crop practices). After validation, estimations were made for some types of farms. The diversity of soils on the farm was taken into account, and the grass production of the whole farm was calculated. The variability of the production among years made it possible for the livestock farmer to assess the risk of having insufficient supplies of forage. Pour les régions fourragères du département, le dispositif national de prévision de la production de la prairie (ISOP) donne des indications globales sur la variabilité spatiale, saisonnière et interannuelle des productions. La prise en compte de données plus locales du climat et des sols permet une estimation satisfaisante des productions d’herbe, par type de sol et par zone climatique, productions concordantes avec celles mesurées dans un réseau de parcelles. La démarche, ainsi validée, est ensuite généralisée à la zone allaitante et fournit un référentiel régional pour les conseillers. Elle est appliquée à quelques cas types réels d’exploitation en prenant en compte la diversité des sols sur l’exploitation afin d’en déduire les risques encourus par l’éleveur vis-à-vis des aléas climatiques.
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