Desmodium: A low‐cost pasture for the eastern cape coastal region

Abstract

Desmodium intortum is well suited to the East London Coastal area for beef production under dryland conditions. Although slow to establish, satisfactory livestock production is maintained under a low fertilizer regime. Experimental results indicate stocking rates for maximum production per animal and per hectare of 0,8 and 8,2 steers (250 kg)/ha respectively.