Editing Rotational grazing (section)

==Approach==
[[File:NRCSMO02014 - Missouri (4753)(NRCS Photo Gallery).tif|thumb|upright=1.2|Rotational grazing of cattle and sheep in [[Missouri]] with pasture divided into [[Paddock (field)|paddock]]s, each grazed in turn for a period and then rested]]

In rotational grazing livestock are moved to portions of the pasture, called [[Paddock (field)|paddock]]s, while the other portions rest.<ref name=PastProfit>{{cite report |author1=Undersander, Dan |author2=Albert, Beth |author3=Cosgrove, Dennis |author4=Johnson, Dennis |author5=Peterson, Paul |date=2002 |title=Pastures for profit: A guide to rotational grazing |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1097378.pdf |publisher=Cooperative Extension Publishing, University of Wisconsin |docket=A3529 |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> The intent is to allow the pasture plants and soil time to recover.<ref name=PastProfit/>

Healing native rangeland may require a combination of burning and rotational grazing.<ref>[http://waterquality.montana.edu/docs/homeowners/SmallAcreageBrochure.pdf Small Acreage Grazing impacts to our natural resources] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630100728/http://waterquality.montana.edu/docs/homeowners/SmallAcreageBrochure.pdf |date=2014-06-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/rotational-grazing-zm0z15amzcom.aspx |title=Rotational grazing for Pastured Livestock |access-date=2015-03-12 |archive-date=2015-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311154215/http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/rotational-grazing-zm0z15amzcom.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1167363.pdf |title=Managing Your Pasture: Small scale solutions for your farm |access-date=2018-03-21 |archive-date=2022-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128092255/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1167363.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Rotational grazing can be used with [[ruminants]] such as cattle, sheep or goats; non-ruminants such as pigs can also be used. The herds graze one portion of pasture, or a paddock, while allowing the others to recover. The length of time a paddock is grazed will depend on the size of the herd and the size of the paddock and local environmental factors. Resting grazed lands allows the vegetation to regrow.<ref>Alice E. Beetz and Lee Rinehart  2004. [http://watershedbmps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01772_rotgraze.pdf Rotational grazing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513183410/http://watershedbmps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01772_rotgraze.pdf |date=2014-05-13 }}. National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA).</ref> Rotational grazing is especially effective because grazers do better on the more tender younger plant stems. These systems may or may not leave parasites behind to die off, minimizing or eliminating the need for [[Anthelmintic|de-wormers]], depending if the rotational time is smaller or larger than the parasitic life cycle.<ref name=PastProfit/>