Heitschmidt et al. compared forage quality and standing crop following 3 years of a rotational grazing treatment under heavy stocking with vegetation after 40 years of moderate continuous grazing in the Texas rolling plains. There was no difference between treatments in herbage growth dynamics. Due to greater standing dead material under continuous grazing, the rotational grazing treatment had higher forage quality (crude protein and organic matter digestibility). Both litter biomass and available forage were greater under continuous grazing. Results indicate differences in stocking rates and not grazing systems.
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