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Grazing Systems for Dairy Cattle
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Strip Grazing
Advantages: Improves forage utilization, minimizes wastage, and can lead to higher milk production. Management Techniques: Using electric fencing to delineate strips, adapting strip size based on forage availability and herd size, and moving the fence regularly.
Mob Grazing
Advantages: Can increase soil health and fertility, reduces weed pressure, and simulates natural grazing patterns. Management Techniques: Very high stocking density for short periods, extended rest periods for paddocks, and close observation of animal impact.
Prescriptive Grazing
Advantages: Tailored to specific environmental and land management goals, can improve biodiversity, and promotes healthy ecosystems. Management Techniques: Use of mixed animal species, targeted grazing in specific areas, and integrating grazing with other land management practices.
Continuous Grazing
Advantages: Requires less labor, infrastructure investment is lower, and animals have constant access to pastures. Management Techniques: Regularly monitoring pasture conditions, managing stocking density, and occasionally moving animals to prevent overgrazing.
Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG)
Advantages: High forage yield, quality, and regrowth speed. Reduces the need for supplemental feed. Management Techniques: Frequent rotations, high stocking density, and careful planning of pasture layout.
Rotational Grazing
Advantages: Maximizes forage usage, improves pasture quality, and reduces soil compaction. Management Techniques: Dividing large pastures into smaller paddocks, regular movement of livestock, and monitoring forage growth.
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