COMPARISONS OF CATTLE GRAZING AND SHEEP GRAZING
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by New Zealand Grassland Association in Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association
Abstract
Controversy has surrounded the possible differences in pasture production which result from grazing by cattle or sheep. Experiments conducted over the 1972-76 period show that pasture production under grazing by sheep is greater than under grazing by cattle under similar intensive managements. A change from sheep grazing to cattle grazing can cause a rapid deterioration in pasture production, while the change in grazing from cattle to sheep brought a slo~ver improvement in pasture production. Cattle grazing restricted the production of the ryegrass component of the pastures in the five management systems considered.Keywords
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