They want to create a rotational grazing system, using the buffalo's natural habits of moving from place to place to feed _ but within a network of permanent and portable fencing.
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Rotational grazing of ruminants ( cattle, sheep, goats, etc . ) and birds ( chickens, turkeys, etc . ) on untilled pasture land promotes rapid topsoil accumulation, representing a major carbon sink.
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It can also be demonstrated that management intensive rotational grazing system also result in time savings because the majority of work which might otherwise require human labor is transmitted to the herd.
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Typical uses for a Hampshire gate include giving occasional access between adjacent landowners, giving access to small woods for forestry operations, rotational grazing, or allowing unusually large traffic to bypass a normal route.
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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 liquid formulations of manure on cropland or pastures.
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Unlike conventionally managed dairy animals raised primarily on grain diets for the production of most commercially available cheeses, Idyll Farms certified-humane Alpine goats are pasture-fed using rotational grazing practices which mimic and harness nature's complex, productive processes.
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To sell an upscale " Pure Grow " wool to companies such as the Natural Bedroom in Sebastopol, a group headed by fourth-generation sheep rancher Joe Pozzi of Petaluma pledged to practice erosion control and rotational grazing, as well as reducing chemical use.
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Proper management of pastures, notably managed intensive rotational grazing and grazing at low intensities can lead to less use of fossil fuel energy, increased recapture of carbon dioxide, fewer ammonia emissions into the atmosphere, reduced soil erosion, better air quality, and less water pollution.
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While many stations in the Kimberley have experienced a decline in native pastures, mostly from overgrazing, Fossil Downs has bucked the trend thanks to years of collecting seed by hand from good pastures and spreading them over the rest of the property as well as rotational grazing.
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Cow-calf operations generally raise their stock primarily on pasture and other forms of roughage rather than grain feeds, Intensive rotational grazing systems can reduce the amount of land required; an acre or an acre and half, in some climates, can support a single cow-calf pair for an entire year.
