Dairy Farmer Profitability Using Intensive Rotational Stocking. Better Grazing Management for Pastures.

摘要

One of the first representative studies of dairy farmers practicing intensive rotational stocking was conducted by Pennsylvania State University. The grazing method is defined as rotation of grazing cows among several small pasture subunits called paddocks versus stocking for continuously grazing one large pasture. Each paddock is grazed quickly and then allowed to regrow for several days, ungrazed, until ready for another grazing. The purpose of the study was to provide farm-level information on the profitability of intensive rotational stocking. The study analyzed farm costs and returns of 52 dairy farmers in northeastern Pennsylvania from January to December of 1992.