Grazing Management Can Improve Livestock Distribution

Abstract

In practice, grazing management is simply controlling where and when animals graze over the landscape. A gifted herder can exercise this control with precision but most ranchers prefer to rely on fences to set the lim- its of animal movement within a paddock or grazing manage- ment unit. The size of the fenced paddock will in uence the degree to which livestock can explore the entire area when left to their own devices.

DOI: 10.2458/azu_rangelands_v35i5_norton