Plant species with high forage production efficiency and high nutritive values should be increased to provide additional fodders to meet the nutritional deficiencies.

Evaluar en campo especies promisorias, determinar el potencial edafico y variables climáticas asociadas al suministro de nutrientes (agua, radiación). Por más basico que parezca es crucial cruzar la información del potencial genético de las plantas potenciales (gramíneas y leguminosas herbáceas y plantas arbustivas para el equilibrio y biodiversidad del pastizal) y aportes naturales. Las deficiencias deberán ser solventadas tecnológicamente (aporte de nutrientes críticos por via de fertilización al suelo o foliar, abonos verde, rotación, riego, drenaje, entre otros).

Hello, how are you? Your question is very important at the moment, to summarize the one of producing forages without residues of chemicals and pesticides. Fertilization and irrigation are important in the production of biomass, such is the point that once the green part is harvested, abundant irrigation must be carried out and fertilization must be carried out. We are currently carrying out studies of organic fertilizations in cutting pastures, they are responding very well to the handling with compost produced with the excreta and waste of our animals. This pasture is used as part of feeding in projects of birds and pigs. But, I think you should study the microbiota of your area and adapt it to take advantage of it well; in our animals we are adapting microbiota in successive generations so that they can take better advantage of the pasture with good results in production and final product.

Greetings from Ecuador.

Rangelands should contain not only grasses and legumes but some nutritive browse plants such that during the drier periods of the year the animals would still have quality green feeds to relish. Lignified and dried forages should be burnt off, irrigated and the regrowth fertilized for increased forage yield.