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Livestock grazing comparison is a method of comparing the numbers and density of livestock grazing in agriculture. Various units of measurement are used, usually based on the grazing equivalent of one adult cow, or in some areas on that of one sheep. Many different schemes exist, giving various values to the grazing effect of different types of animal.

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Livestock grazing comparison

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Livestock grazing comparison is a method of comparing the numbers and density of livestock grazing in agriculture. Various units of measurement are used...

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Animal unit

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facilitate planning, analysis and administration of forage use by grazing livestock, but the term has also had other applications (in relation to odor...

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Rotational grazing

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In agriculture, rotational grazing, as opposed to continuous grazing, describes many systems of pasturing, whereby livestock are moved to portions of the...

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Animal agriculture in Nigeria

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development. Nigeria has a large population of livestock, including cattle, sheep, and goats, which depend on grazing for sustenance. However, the traditional...

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Dry Sheep Equivalent

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(other benchmarking standards set the figure at 7,000 DSE). Livestock grazing comparison Sheep For example see Gaden, C. A.; J. M. Scott; E. Hall; J....

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Environmental impacts of animal agriculture

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black-tailed prairie dogs to livestock grazing". Great Basin Naturalist. 46: 198–203. Neel. L.A. 1980. Sage Grouse Response to Grazing Management in Nevada....

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Savanna

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commonly used for grazing domestic livestock. As a result, much of the world's savannas have undergone change as a result of grazing by sheep, goats and...

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Grazing fee

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A grazing fee is a charge, usually on a monthly basis, for grazing a specific kind of livestock. In New South Wales, Australia, maximum grazing fees have...

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Rangeland

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livestock grazing and prescribed fire rather than more intensive agricultural practices of seeding, irrigation, and the use of fertilizers. Grazing is...

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Cattle feeding

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Organization, about 60% of the world's grassland is occupied by grazing systems. "Grazing systems supply about 9 percent of the world's production of beef...

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Effects of climate change on livestock

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There are numerous interlinked effects of climate change on livestock rearing. This activity is both heavily affected by and a substantial driver of anthropogenic...

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Sheep

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sagebrush, making grazing sheep effective for conservation grazing. Research conducted in Imperial County, California compared lamb grazing with herbicides...

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Bundy standoff

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1993, when, in protest against changes in grazing rules, Bundy declined to renew his permit for cattle grazing on BLM-administered public lands near Bunkerville...

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Grazing rights in Nevada

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permitted use of lands designated as available for livestock grazing while specifying that grazing permits convey no right, title, or interest to such...

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Organic farming

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Lennart; Gesslein, Sven; et al. (2007). "Comparison of Long-Term Organic and Conventional Crop-Livestock Systems on a Previously Nutrient-Depleted Soil...

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Trifolium repens

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by grazing cattle." British Journal of Nutrition 60, no. 01 (1988): 137-149. Evans, D. R., and T. A. Williams. "The effect of cutting and grazing managements...

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Agriculture

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Manure is used either by holding livestock where the feed crop is growing, such as in managed intensive rotational grazing, or by spreading either dry or...

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Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

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converted for grazing, the impact is even higher. In Brazil, producing 1 kg of beef can result in the emission of up to 335 kg CO2-eq. Other livestock, manure...

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Millet

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considered the best for grazing and in particular Shirohie, a new variety of Japanese millet, is the best suited variety for grazing. This is due to a number...

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Tree hay

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trees. It specifically refers to the practice of feeding the material to livestock directly after collection or more commonly after storing and sometimes...

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Meadow

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through grazing. An uncut hay meadow. Montane hay meadows with haystacks. An orchard meadow. A meadow (pasture) maintained by grazing livestock. Artificially...

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Crop rotation

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turnips, barley and clover), included a fodder crop and a grazing crop, allowing livestock to be bred year-round. The four-field crop rotation became...

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Pyrenean Mountain Dog

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Pyrenean Mountain Dog or Chien de Montagne des Pyrénées is a French breed of livestock guardian dog; in France it is commonly called the Patou. It originates...

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Dry grassland

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nutrient poor soil and the grazing of animals. Some now also have adaptations such as thorns or a bad taste to avoid grazing, whereas others have grown...

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Eurasian wolf

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the presence of about 200 livestock guardian dogs. In Germany between 2000 and 2019, the number of wolf attacks on grazing animals increased from none...

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Sheep farming

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Agriculture, the sheep industry accounts for less than one percent of U.S. livestock industry receipts. Most lambs are born outdoors. Ewes can be made to give...

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Wildebeest

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big-game species; some populations perform an annual migration to new grazing grounds, but the black wildebeest is merely nomadic. Breeding in both takes...

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Agriculture in the Middle Ages

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management of the number of livestock allowed each farmer to avoid over grazing. Fallow fields were treated as common lands for grazing. The open-field system...

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North Australian Pastoral Company

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Rangelands are Negatively Affected by Livestock Grazing, 1273 [5]. Pierre Gerber, Harold A. Mooney and Jeroen Dijkman, “Livestock in a Changing Landscape” In Experiences...

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