Goats grazing heterogeneous rangeland produced 26%
less milk, but the milk had higher fat and total solids content
when compared to goats grazing cultivated pasture.
Consequently,the difference in energy corrected milk yield
was less, i.e. 17% less milk on rangeland than on cultivated
pasture. Rangeland did not impair milk quality with
respectto FFA. The effect of pasture type was similar in both
early and late grazing season. Grazing resulted in milk with
higher content of fat, protein, DM and lower content of urea
and FFA than hay diets. The results indicate that rangeland
grazing does not necessarily lead to high milk content of
FFA and to increased level of FFA during the grazing season