Forage specialist doubts its claimed soil health benefits

摘要

Call him a skeptic, but Glenn Shewmaker thinks mob grazing shouldn't be a standard practice, is best used for special conditions and, in some cases, can cause more harm than good to animals, pasture and soil. The University of Idaho Extension forage specialist has been informally studying the effects of mob grazing after talking with graziers and colleagues about this latest grazing "fad." He's concerned that some may consider mob grazing "the next step" after rotational grazing; he thinks it's "on the edge."