The art and science of grazing : how grass farmers can create sustainable systems for healthy animals and farm ecosystems /
Grazing management might seem simple. Just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close attention to how the animals are grazing...
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White River Junction, Vermont :
Chelsea Green Publishing,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Benefits of good pasture management
- Types of grazing systems
- Grazing-adapted plants
- Pasture soil health
- Managing pasture plants
- Common pasture plants
- The unique digestive ability of ruminants
- Ruminant nutrition from pasture
- Meeting livestock nutritional needs
- Grazing behavior
- 100 percent grassfed
- Health concerns
- Pasture math: calculating acreage
- Grazing system design and infrastructure
- Putting it all together.