The Art and Science of Grazing av Sarah Flack

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<p>Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in <em>The Art and Science of Grazing</em>, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn¿t pay close attention to how the animals are grazing, the resulting poorly managed grazing system can be harmful to the health of the livestock, pasture plants, and soils. Well-managed pastures can instead create healthier animals, a diverse and resilient pasture ecosystem, and other benefits. Flack delves deeply below the surface of ¿let the cows eat grass,¿ demonstrating that grazing management is a sophisticated science that requires mastery of plant and animal physiology, animal behavior, and ecology. She also shows readers that applying grazing management science on a working farm is an art form that calls on grass farmers to be careful observers, excellent planners and record-keepers, skillful interpreters of their observations,