5th year Ag-Science

A livestock unit is:

• a measurement of livestock grazing.

• a quantity of herbage

• the number of livestock

• how palatable the grass is

Grass is at its most digestible with high palatability during the ___________ growth stage.

• stemmy

• vegetative (leafy)

• first

• second

Grass regrowth takes ___________ so the best rotational grazing systems operate on the basis that a herd will not return to the paddock during this time to allow the grass to regrow.

• 3-4 weeks

• 5-6 weeks

• 7-8 weeks

• 9-10 weeks

3 methods of rotational grazing are:

• creep grazing, leader follower and mixed grazing

• zero grazing, set stocking and extended grazing

• paddock, block, strip grazing

• leys, permanent grassland and rough mountain/hill grazing

Paddock grazing:

• involves use of electric movable fences

• involves grazing down a paddock for a week

• has one water supply

• uses permanent fencing

Name the type of grazing:

• Block

• Strip

• Leader Follower

• Paddock

Name the type of grazing:

• Creep Grazing

• Mixed Grazing

• Extended Grazing

• Strip Grazing

Name the type of grazing:

• Block

• Strip

• Paddock

• Set Stocking

Zero grazing is:

• cutting the grass and feeding livestock indoors

• giving livestock access to the entire field

• dividing the land into 20-30 paddocks

• grazing over the winter months (Dec-March)

Set stocking is:

• dividing the land into strip and allowing livestock to graze for a day

• cattle and sheep grazing together

• giving the livestock access to the entire field

• younger animals graze in the field ahead of the older animals