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dairy pasture management in Costa Rica

I have an enquiry from an Ontario family who owns a 30 cow dairy in 
Costa Rica.  A year ago, they cross-fenced the 40 ac of pasture into 
32 paddocks, and are now rotationally grazing, although it sounded 
like this was mostly new to them.  They wanted advice on how to 
reduce their needs for supplementary concentrates.   

Without knowing any more about them, I agreed to put out a query on 
their behalf on pasture species, and specifically, pasture legumes 
for use in Costa Rica.  Can anyone advise on the following:

a)  whom they should contact in Costa Rica for extension advice?

b)  pasture legumes - will white clover do there, or is it tropical 
legumes only?  

Thanks in advance.  Ann

ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1
Phone:  519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
FAX:  519 763-8933