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AGT 211 Pasture and Forage Production

ND2 levelComputing & ICT23 topics

AGT 211 covers 23 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Classification and identification of forage crops
  2. Botany of important forage crops
  3. Pasture establishment
  4. Forage crop establishment
  5. Pasture improvement practices
  6. Pasture management
  7. Forage crop management
  8. Hay making
  9. Silage making
  10. Importance of pasture and forage production
  11. Identification and classification of forage crops
  12. Nutritional value and productivity of pasture
  13. Establishment of pastures and forage crops
  14. Planting methods for pasture and forage
  15. Pure stands versus mixed pastures
  16. Pasture assessment and renovation needs
  17. Pasture improvement and reseeding methods
  18. Pasture maintenance and management
  19. Forage crop management practices
  20. Fodder conservation and storage
  21. Hay making and preservation
  22. Silage making and fermentation
  23. Supply and marketing of hay and silage

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Classification and identification of forage crops

The core of forage crop classification and identification is the ability to recognise key morphological and taxonomic traits that distinguish major forage groups such as legumes, grasses, and mixed species. Mastering these traits enables accurate selection of species for specific climates, soils and livestock needs, a skill directly tested in the NUC CCMAS and NBTE exams.

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