Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar

Table 2. Yields per hectare in different methods of cultivating maize and
soybean for silage making (Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, 1999).
Treatment
In association
Harvest of 50% BC
Harvest of 50% MM
No harvest
Alternate
Harvest of 50% BC
Harvest of 50% MM
No harvest
Monoculture
Harvest of 50% BC
Harvest of 50% MM
No harvest
Averages
Harvest of 50% BC
Harvest of 50% MM
No harvest
In association
Alternate
Monoculture
General
Production
(no./hectare) Fresh
(kg/ha)
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Forage
Dry
(kg/ha) c
BC a MM b Maize Soybean Maize Soybean
14,780
0
0
14,890
0
0
15,533
0
0
15,067
0
0
15,067
0
15,870
0
0
13,358
0
0
14,645
0
0
14,624
0
14,624
28,194
29,584
40,834
26,528
24,930
33,958
31,944
24,306
30,972
28,888.7
26,273.3
35,254.7
32,870.7
28,472.0
29,074.0
30,138.9
10,278
7,084
11,458
13,820
12,362
14,270
10,556
10,278
11,216
11,551.3
9,908.0
12,314.7
9,606.7
13,484.0
10,683.3
11,258.0
a. BC = baby corn.
b. MM = mature maize.
c. In parenthesis, the percentage of each associated component in total dry matter.
9,365.4 (74.9)
11,131.2 (82.9)
14,150.8 (79.0)
9,829.4 (70.4)
8,999.8 (71.2)
12,267.4 (73.0)
9,795.2 (76.8)
8,448.4 (70.9)
11,386.8 (74.6)
9,663.3 (74.0)
9,526.5 (75.0)
12,601.7 (75.5)
11,549.1 (78.6)
10,365.5 (71.5)
9,876.8 (74.1)
10,597.2 (75.0)
3,014.6 (25.1)
2,285.4 (17.1)
3,679.0 (21.0)
4,158.4 (29.6)
3,597.0 (28.8)
4,248.0 (23.0)
3,002.8 (23.2)
3,239.4 (29.1)
3,872.8 (25.4)
3,391.9 (26.0)
3,040.6 (25.0)
3,933.3 (24.5)
2,993.0 (21.4)
4,001.1 (28.5)
3,371.7 (25.9)
3,455.3 (25.0)
In this case, if cropping conditions are improved, especially in terms of
appropriate fertilization and improved soil drainage in some plots, then
yields will improve and more mature maize can be sold, allowing 100% or
more of the initial investment to be recovered.