Although New Zealand livestock is primarily based on the utilisation of high quality fresh temperate forages in managed grazing systemsa wide variety of other food sources are used including grass silage, brassicas, cereals and root crops, maize silage, palm kernel extract (PKE), and maize and barley grain.
This publication summarises the work completed in New Zealand to understand the emissions of various feeds used in New Zealand agriculture.
The reserach findings cover the impact of pasture quality on emissions, how manipulation of sugars and fats impact emissions, and then specific findings of emissions from brassicas, fodder beet, white clover, chicory, silage, PKE and maize grain.
 NZAGRC-PGgRc_FS_Feeds (0.81MB)