Information Package / Course Catalogue
Meadow and Range Management
Course Code: TB409
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course aims the students to recognize the pasture-meadow, to understand the latest developments related to pasture-meadow, benefits of pasture-meadow, type of benefits, pasture-meadow use them in the care process and application of techniques to detect and to troubleshoot issues related to implementation and to provide

Course Content

Description of pastures and meadows, maintenance (irrigation, fertilization, weed control, etc.), benefit techniques from grasses (green and dry herbage, silage), main technical principles of the pasture management ( grazing season and capacity, grazing with suitable animal race)

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Mustafa SÜRMEN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the importance of pasture-meadow
2. to be able to make comments.grasp the benefist of pasture-meadow, forms andget information about maintenance procedures and
3.To be able to perceive, perform and produce recommendations at the methods of pasture utilization
4.To be able to comprehend the behavior of animals that make use of pasture.
5.To be able to perceive and explain the grazing rules in benefiting from pastures
6.To be able to plan and discuss the grazing system in pastures and applying areas
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Tosun, F., Altın, M., 1981. Çayır-Mera-Yayla Kültürü ve Bunlardan Faydalanma Yöntemleri.
2.2. Çayır-Mera Kültürü, Amenajmanı ve Islahı. Ege Univ. Zir Fak. Yay. No:483, 655s. Bornova-İzmir
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course presentation, overview and importance
Week 1 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 2 - Theoretical
The concept and definition of pasture-meadow, pasture-meadow as green herbage-cover, pasture-meadow land and crops
Week 2 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pasture-meadow culture importance for soil fertility and animal husbandry
Week 3 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 4 - Theoretical
Pasture-meadow forms; main plant species, suitability for animals, pasture-meadow utilization period
Week 4 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 5 - Theoretical
Maintenance, irrigation, fertilization in pasture-meadow management
Week 5 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 6 - Theoretical
Weed control at the meadows and pastures
Week 6 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 7 - Theoretical
Management of meadows: cutting, hay processing and storage.
Week 7 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 8 - Theoretical
Meadow-pasture physiology
Week 8 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 9 - Theoretical
Basic pasture utilization conform to the grazing season
Week 10 - Theoretical
Basic pasture utilization conform to the grazing season
Week 10 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 11 - Theoretical
Grazing with suitable animal race
Week 11 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 12 - Theoretical
Conform to the grazing capacity
Week 12 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 13 - Theoretical
Grazing capacity calculation methods
Week 13 - Practice
Vegetation measurement methods in rangeland areas
Week 14 - Theoretical
Uniform grazing
Week 14 - Practice
Preparing rangeland vegetation survey report
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination116218
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
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OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026