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GRAZE WITH CARE: Overgrazing a pasture can cause problems, but there are benefits to grazing when establishing a new pasture as it will suppress competition from existing vegetation and will eliminate residue. steverts/Getty Images
There are many reasons a landowner would need to renovate a pasture. Maybe you have some new land in need of some serious TLC, or perhaps you want to improve pasture performance for your cattle.
Whatever the reasons, planning is key according to Amanda Grev, Extension specialist of pasture management for livestock operations at the University of Maryland.
“One of the first considerations is to ask yourself, ‘Why is this necessary?’” Grev said during a presentation at Delaware Ag Week.
A lack of adequate fertilization, poor grazing conditions and having the wrong species in the field are among the biggest reasons to renovate a pasture.