Editing Rotational grazing (section)

{{short description|System of grazing moving animals between paddocks around the year}}
[[File:Grazing, rotational.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Diagram of rotational grazing, showing the use of paddocks, each providing food and water for the livestock for a chosen period]]
In [[agriculture]], '''rotational grazing''', as opposed to [[Grazing#Continuous|continuous grazing]], describes many systems of pasturing, whereby [[livestock]] are moved to portions of the [[pasture]], called [[Paddock (field)|paddock]]s, while the other portions rest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotation%20grazing |title=Definition of Rotation Grazing |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2019 |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928101759/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotation%20grazing |url-status=live }}</ref> Each paddock must provide all the needs of the livestock, such as food, water and sometimes shade and shelter. The approach often produces lower outputs than [[intensive animal farming|more intensive animal farming]] operations, but requires lower inputs, and therefore sometimes produces higher net farm income per animal.