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Total Grazing isn’t about “grazing hard.”
It’s about grazing smart, in line with plant physiology and soil biology.
Here’s how it works:
✔️ Graze fully recovered forage down to 1–2 inches — no re-bites.
✔️ Remove all stems and leaves in one pass — no leftovers.
✔️ Rest paddocks long enough for full root and crown energy restoration.
✔️ Stockpile atleast ~1/3 of the land to build humus and graze later.
✔️ Avoid overgrazing not by leaving more — but by returning at the right time.
Why it works:
🌱 Old stems respirate, consuming oxygen and plant energy.
🌿 Removing them = leafier, faster regrowth and denser swards.
🌾 Stockpiled plants shift root exudates from simple sugars to fatty acids and amino acids, which feed fat microbes — the building blocks of long-lived organic matter.
💧 More soil carbon = better water holding, better fertility, and better resilience.
This is how:
→ You get more animal days per acre
→ You increase stocking rates
→ You cut down or eliminate hay
→ And you improve soil while doing it.
Total Grazing works with Creation’s design — not against it.
And the results are measurable: better recovery, better forage, better margins.