In this Oklahoma study, Brummer et al. found that grazing schedule had limited and inconsistent effects on short-term herbage dynamics of tallgrass prairie. Average seasonal standing crop increased from 4-cycle to 2-cycle grazing at the light stocking rate, but did not respond to grazing schedule at the heavy stocking rate. Favorable growing conditions resulted in light forage utilization, which averaged 30% over all treatments. Total herbage disappearance and herbage disappearance per animal-unit-day were significantly higher than 4-cycle grazing at the heavier stocking rate than under all other treatments.
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