Grazing

Grazing is the use of grasses and other plants to feed herbivores, such as sheep and goats. Most sheep and goats graze at least a portion of the year. On this page, grazing links are arranged by subject category: controlled grazing, extending the grazing season, grazing behavior, grazing management, grazing systems, management-intensive grazing, multispecies grazing, riparian grazing, rotational grazing, silvopasture, stockpiling, stocking rate, and targeted grazing.

[PDF] Grazing - Canada Sheep
Grazing: Sheep 101
[PDF] Grazing alfalfa - Univ. Kentucky
GrazingHandbook.com @ NDSU
[PDF] Grazing practices: a review of the literature - NCSU
[PDF] Great grazing with sheep and goats - ATTRA
[PDF] A guide to grazing requirements for goats - Vict. Aust.

Controlled grazing

Controlled grazing - West Virginia Univ.
Controlled grazing: a proven management practice - Wash State
[PDF] Controlling grazing: balancing... - Michigan State Univ.
Controlled grazing of Virginia's pastures | PDF
[PDF] Designing a controlled grazing system for goats - Sweetlix®
Prescribed grazing management to improve pasture productivity...
Principles of controlled grazing - Manitoba Forage Council

Creep grazing

Go to Lamb and Kid Feeding page.

Extending the grazing season

[PDF] Extending grazing and reducing stored feed needs - MW Forage
Extending grazing season reduces cost - West Virg. Univ.
[PDF] Extending the grazing season - Extension Central
[PDF] Grazing corn: an option for extending... - Univ. Kentucky
[PDF] Guide to year-round forage supply - Iowa State Univ.
[PDF] Putting forages together for yearround grazing - KY Forage
[PDF] A quick guide to extended grazing - Manitoba, Can. | HTML
Strategies for extending the grazing season - Penn State | PDF
[PDF] Supplemental pastures for sheep - Univ. Nebraska
[PDF] The use of turnips to extend the grazing season - SDSU
Winter grazing @ Cornell University
Winter rye for extending the grazing season - Ohio State

Grazing behavior

Animals as grazers - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Current topics in behavior-based grazing research
[PDF] Diet selection and grazing behavior - Univ. Maine
[PDF] Foraging behavior: experience or inheritance? - Univ. Idaho
[PDF] Grazing animal management and behavior
[PDF] Grazing behavior - DEFRA UK
[PDF] Interpreting grazing behavior - Texas AgriLife
[PDF] Managing grazing behavior - Univ. Idaho
[PPT] Sheep grazing behavior - Univ. Idaho
What do goats really like to eat? - Aust. Cashmere Goat

Grazing management

Grazing management - Sheep 201
Grazing management 101 - Univ. Arizona
[PDF] Grazing management - Univ. Maryland
Grazing management for healthy soils - Managing Wholes
Grazing management @ Oklahoma Rangelands
[PDF] Grazing management concepts for rangelands
Pasture and grazing management @ Oregon Small Farms
Pasture and grazing management @ The Univ. of Vermont
[PDF] Pasture, rangeland, and grazing management - ATTRA | HTML
Principles of grazing management - WV Univ.
Sheep grazing management - VA Tech | PDF
Small acreage grazing management - Colorado St. Univ.

Grazing systems

[PDF] Developing a grazing system - Miss. State Univ.
[PDF] Developing grazing system for sheep and goats - Miss. State
Grazing management systems - Ontario, Canada
[PPT] Grazing management systems - Univ. Nebr.
Grazing systems - LifeStyle Block NZ
Grazing systems - McGill University
Grazing systems - West Virginia Univ.
Grazing systems - Alabama CE | PDF
Grazing systems planning guide - Univ. Minn.
[PDF] Pasture systems and grazing systems - Iowa State Univ.

Management-intensive grazing (MIG)

Adoption of intensive grazing systems - Journal of Extension
Getting started grazing - Ohio State Univ.
Getting started with intensive grazing - Manitoba, Canada
[PPT] Intensive grazing - Miss. State Univ.
Intensive grazing @ TAMU
[PDF] Intensively managed rotational grazing systems for irr. pasture
Management intensive grazing (Rotation) - New Zealand
[PDF] Management-intensive grazing in Indiana
[PDF] Principles of management intensive grazing - WV Univ.

Multispecies grazing

[PDF] Bonding to facilitate multispecies grazing - NDSU
[PDF] Goat browsing and multispecies land use - Oregon State
[PDF] Influence of grazing sheep and cattle together...
Multispecies grazing - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Multispecies grazing and leafy spurge - USDA ARS
[PDF] Multispecies grazing for leafy spurge control - Manitoba, Can.
[PDF] Multispecies grazing in Oklahoma
[PDF] Multispecies grazing: opportunities and pitfalls
[PDF] Sheep and multispecies grazing - ASI

Riparian grazing

BMPs to control the effects of livestock grazing on riparian areas
[PDF] Grazing management for riparian areas - Mich. State Univ.
Managed grazing in riparian areas - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Riparian area management - BLM
Riparian areas - Oregon State Univ.
Riparian grazing - Washington State Univ.
[PDF] Sheep and riparian/watershed management - ASI
Strategies for livestock management in riparian areas in New Mexico
Stream and riparian area management @ Montana State Univ.

Rotational grazing

4 steps to rotational grazing - Penn State | PDF
[PDF] Cell grazing: getting started on your place - Kerr Center
Designing a rotational system - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Economic issues in rotational grazing - NCSU
[PDF] High-intensity, year-round rotational grazing - Leopold Center
[PDF] Livestock distribution in riparian areas - British Col.
[PDF] Pastures for profit: a guide to rotational grazing - Univ. Wisconsin
Rotational grazing - Univ. Kentucky | PDF
[PDF] Rotational grazing doesn't have to be complicated - by Joe Rook
Rotational grazing: livestock systems guide - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Rotational grazing: will it pay? - Miss. State Univ.

Silvopasture

[PDF] Agroforestry silvopasture - Univ. Kentucky
Animals in agroforestry - The Overstory
[PDF] The biology of silvopastoralism - Univ. Nebraska
[PDF] Converting a pasture to a silvopasture in the Pacific NW
[PDF] Domestic stock grazing to enhance woodland diversity (UK)
[PDF] Goats among trees: a silvopasture possibility - Univ. Florida
[PDF] Sheep grazing in forestry - Victoria, BC
[PDF] Silvopasture: an agroforestry practice - Univ. Nebraska
[PDF] Silvopasture: an agroforestry practice - USDA Forest Service
Woodland livestock grazing - Univ. Florida

Stocking rate

[PDF] Animal unit months, stocking rate, and carrying capacity - Man. Can.
[PDF] Determining your stocking rate - Utah State Univ.
Generalized average stocking rates - NDSU
Grazing management: stocking rate - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Guidelines for setting a proper stocking rate - Univ. Idaho
How many goats per acre? - Onion Creek Ranch
Pasture stocking density and relationship to performance - Univ. FL | PDF
[PDF] Pasture stocking rate - Univ. Georgia
[PDF] Stocking rate and grazing management - K. State
[PDF] Stocking rate and grazing management - Texas AgriLife
[PDF] Stocking rate: the key to successful livestock prod. - Okla. St.
[PDF] Stocking rate: the most imp. tool in the tool box - Univ. Hawaii
[PDF] Understanding pasture stocking rate and carrying capacity - Univ. MD

Stockpiling

Effect of stockpiled grazing in fall on forage production... - Ont. Can.
[PDF] Extending the grazing season: stockpiled tall fescue
Lamb performance on two stockpiling systems - Ontario, Can.
[PDF] Optimal N application rates for stockpiling... - Univ. Kentucky
Performance of four grass species in stockpiling systems - Ont. Can.
[PDF] Stockpiled forages: a way to extend the grazing season - Iowa St.
[PDF] Stockpiling for fall and winter pasture - Univ. Kentucky
Stockpiling tall fescue for winter grazing - Ohio State
[PDF] Stockpiling tall fescue for winter use - Kansas State Univ.

Targeted grazing

[PDF] Grazing for wildlife habitat management
[PDF] Prescribed grazing in action - FWS
Targeted grazing @ Univ. of Idaho
Targeted grazing handbook - ASI
[PDF] Weed control methods: grazing - invasive.org

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Last updated 19-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.