This work was carried to evaluate the effect of different cutting heights on the productivity of elephant grass var. Roxo in dry and rainy season in the Paraíba swamp region. A randomized complete block design in a 4 X 2 factorial, arrangement, with four cutting heights (0, 15, 30 and 45 cm), two periods (dry and rainy seasons) and 4 blocks were used. It was evaluated the production/ha of fresh matter (FM), dry matter (DM), leaves (DML), stems (DMS) and crude protein (CP). After the uniformity cut, two cuts in dry season with 90 days interval and three cuts in the rainy season with 60 days interval were made. There was no interaction between seasons and cutting heights. However, as cutting height increased, the values of FM, DM and DMS productions decreased. The production of PB and MSF did not differ. When the cutting heights was evaluated from 0 to 45 cm, there was a reduction of the productions of approximately 33% for FM, 24.83% for DML and 60% for DMS. The cuts in the dry season were more productive than in the rainy season. The production averages of DM, FM, LDM, SDM and CP were: 4.12, 21.19, 2.65, 1.47 and 0.32 t/ha in the dry season, and 12.44, 2.45, 1.81, 0.54 and 0.17 ton/ha in the rainy season, respectively.
cutting heights; cutting intervals; forage production
