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Horse Pasture Management and Rotational Grazing
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Horse pasture provides a number of benefits to the horse and horse owner. For the horse the pasture is a place to exercise and yes, have fun. Anyone who has watched horses cavort on open pasture have seen this. The horse can also derive all or almost all of his nutritional requirements for maintenance from a well-maintained pasture during the growing season. Exercise, feed, social interaction with other horses, a respite from the dusty air of the barn all make good pasture a horse's best friend. Shelter from the elements is also an important component of a pasture. For the horse owner the pasture can save a tremendous amount of money compared with having to buy hay and feed for the horse. Also, every hour out on pasture means that much less stall cleaning for the horse owner.
With all this benefit why do so many horse owners continue, year after year, to have such poor pastures? Perhaps understanding right up front why so many pastures turn out bad might help you prevent this. The reasons are many but could be summed up:
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Never properly established
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Poorly maintained
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Over grazed
There is a solution to each of these problems: rotational grazing. This article addresses managing your pastures to maximize the benefit and minimize your feed costs.
~Word Count: 3013 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;
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Discussions on Managing Pastures
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 | Introducing horses to new pasture this fall | 1 | 4 | Oct 11, 08 |
| Pasture management with cows and horses | 1 | 16 | Jun 28, 08 |
| Commercial Weed and Feed on Pasture | 1 | 7 | Apr 22, 08 |
| Fertiliser bags too heavy - any suggestions? | 1 | 19 | May 5, 08 |
| Sinkholes in pasture | 1 | 9 | Apr 8, 08 |
| Is there something wrong with the "pasture" links? | 1 | 7 | Oct 19, 07 |
| Tansy Mustard Weed | 1 | 3 | May 24, 07 |
| Garlic Mustard Weed | 1 | 8 | Jun 15, 07 |
| "Page Not Found" | 1 | 4 | Feb 13, 07 |
| Timing for liming pastures | 1 | 7 | Feb 21, 07 |
| Rotating pasture with a small peice of land | 1 | 10 | Nov 17, 06 |
| Looking at Property in NJ | 1 | 6 | Nov 3, 06 |
| Molehills in turnout | 1 | 12 | Oct 27, 06 |
| Large woodchucks? groundhogs? may prevent move back to New Jersey | 1 | 16 | Oct 20, 06 |
| Close-cropped pastures - any risk of too much sugar? | 1 | 3 | Oct 6, 06 |
| Pig manure for pasture | 1 | 3 | Jun 17, 06 |
| Chicken manure for pasture | 1 | 8 | Jun 15, 06 |
| Is it ok to fertilize the pasture | 1 | 4 | Mar 15, 06 |
| ATVs for pasture management? | 1 | 11 | Jun 23, 05 |
| Lost Wonderful Jack to Terrible Accident | 1 | 22 | May 16, 06 |
| Spreading Manure on Pastures a bad idea? | 1 | 14 | May 5, 05 |
| Eroding paddock | 1 | 13 | Jun 14, 04 |
| Too much lime? | 1 | 11 | Mar 20, 04 |
| How to introduce a horse to a grass pasture from dirt | 1 | 11 | Oct 16, 07 |
| Chiggers | 1 | 8 | Nov 6, 03 |
| Control of fire ants in pastures | 1 | 9 | Apr 11, 03 |
| Buttercups | 1 | 3 | Feb 20, 03 |
| GOPHERS in the pasture | 1 | 5 | Oct 30, 02 |
| Rotational grazing | 1 | 4 | Oct 18, 02 |
| Dividing Pastures | 1 | 7 | Oct 18, 02 |
| Do I need to re seed? | 1 | 6 | Oct 12, 02 |
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