01169naa a2200169 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024500410008026000060012152008100012765000110093765000130094865300150096165300120097677300110098810777291996-07-05               bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aANDERSON, K. L.  aGrassland management in New Zealand.  c0  aGrass production in New Zealand is basic, not only to agriculture but also to the entire national economy. On a land area (66 million acres)slightly smaller than that of Colorado, but with only a little more than 42 million acres occupied, New Zealand supports a sheep population (33 million head) greater than that of the United States plus about 5 million cattle and smalier numbers of hogs, horses and goats. This entire livestock population is a product of the pastures. Even the pigs are grazed and supplemented with skim  milk and whey from the dairy industry. Of the 2 million acres under cultivation, more than one-third is in "plantations" of introduced timber trees, chiefly monterey pine (Pinus radiata), and nearly onethird is in temporary  pasture crops,leaving only about one-half million...  aManejo  aPastagem  aManagement  aPasture  ts.n.t.