Cattle breeding in summer grassland in southern Brazil – a review

Abstract

The natural grasslands are the main forage of Rio Grande do Sul in the Summer. But, it can provide small average daily gain, acting on the raise system, retarding the heifer’s mat and proportion rise of age the bullock’s killing. The tropical grasslands are the tool that may be utilized by creators to raise the efficiency of the raise cattle system. However, in the heifers couple, the tropical forage can’t be enough to provide desirables body conditions to affirm the couple’s success. Then, the use of supplementation may be another useful tool. Although, the objective of this paper is describe the most important results of the use of tropical grasslands in southern Brazil, and discuss strategies of management to the maximum utilization of these forages.