[Eric Dobbe]

Stock density is really important. I have 70 cow, calf pairs and 20 heifers on about a ha/day to achieve the grazing pressure required.

It doesn’t matter if you get the daily area a bit wrong. I’m always learning and adjusting according to pasture biomass availability, composition and time of year. The point is you are not grazing the new leaf emergence. Also, by grazing with high use efficiency you will find a higher leaf to stem ratio in your pastures than you would if you leave high residual.