Paddock	Area in ha	Stocking Rate DSE/ha	Stocking pressure/ha	Grazing days/ha/cycle
1/32a	0.625	8	256	256
1/32b	0.625	8	256	256
1/16	1.25	8	128	256
1/8	2.5	8	64	256
1/4	5	8	32	256
1/2	10	8	16	256
Set Stocked	20	4	4	256

 * please note that the set stocked paddock was stocked at half the rotationally grazed paddocks

 

Rotational Grazing versus Set Stocking

-rotational grazing produced a higher amount of FOO at the end of teh rotations compared to set stocking even though it was stocked at twice the rate

-ground cover declined for both

-rotational grazing lost 32% and set stocking lost 15%

 

 

 *please note that the set stocked paddock is stocked at the same rate as the rotationally grazed paddocks

 

Comparing Nested Cell Grazing Paddocks

- prior to winter grazing there was a higher grass density in the smaller more intensively grazed paddocks

- after the last winter rotation the smaller more intensively grazed paddocks still had the highest density of grasses but also lost the greatest munber of both grass plants and total plant numbers

-prior to the winter grazing the smaller more intensively grazed paddocks had a slightly higher FOO

-there were no conclusive results for FOO from grazing intensity at the end of the winter rotation

-prior to grazing the smaller more intensively grazed paddocks had a higher plant density

-after grazing the smaller more intensively grazed paddocks still had a better pasture density but they had also lost the most

 

Rotational Grazing versus Set Stocking

- rotational grazing produced a higher amount of FOO at the end of the trial than set stocking

-set stocking resulted in higher ground cover at the completion of the trial than rotational grazing though both had higher ground cover than prior to the winter grazings

-rye grass density fell in both the set stocking and rotational grazing with rotational grazing losing the least

-rotational grazing lost 75% of its brome and barley grass density with set stocking losing only 57% after the winter grazings