In his years of studying great graziers, Texas A&M range scientist Richard Teague has come up with some valuable observations.

Teague has watched and mixed with top grazing managers his entire career, but began in earnest about 10 years ago to define and measure the methods and results of those who use managed grazing. He and cooperating researchers have published articles in scientific journals and are now conducting research all over the world to measure the effects on soil health and forage components.

In August 2011 Beef Producer carried the story about Teague's first study of three ranches with varying management but similar resources and soils in northern Texas. We called it "Real science illustrates real advantages of planned grazing." Click this link to read it.

The article explained: "This is a rare study because it examines actual ranch practices and their effects.

"Often researchers measure their own artificially run, small-plot experimental 'rotational' grazing treatments wherein rigid guidelines prevent adaptive management aimed at achieving the best vegetation and livestock performance as practiced by conservation-oriented commercial managers at the ranch scale. Small plots do not take into account differences in vegetation and soil impacts caused by the unique topography and soils of each ranch."

Teague was one of the first, if not the first, to use the phrase "adaptive multi-paddock grazing" (AMP) to describe the adaptive nature necessary for success of multi-paddock grazing.

Teague recently summarized some of his findings in three sets of tips.

AMP grazing research shows these six things

Manage grazing with these six tips for best results

Research shows regenerative AMP grazing can make these nine improvements