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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1376291" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>no back fence.</p><p>There's other differences, but that is the key.</p><p></p><p>As for the shape of the break... as far as possible, put up a square break. I guess this wouldn't be important if your cattle were wellfed and relaxed and a step away from water, but in NZ where we effectively 'strip-graze' in winter our paddocks that are already set up for rotational grazing in summer (when rotation length = 1 pdk/day), leaving cows on a very rectangular (long-sided) section of grass when it's wet will increase treading damage as they roam from one side to the other far more than they would on a square break.</p><p>Likewise avoid corners in your electric fence - they are weak and the cattle will push the peg out at that point, and also in driving rain they will gather at a 'stop point' and it may well be that corner that gets trampled six inches deep and never grows grass again.</p><p></p><p>Lack of a back-fence makes strip grazing less efficient for pasture utilisation and growth than rotational grazing. In my part of the world, there is no winter dormant phase. I use up to four strips in winter without a backfence to allow access to the water trough, without resorting to connecting up a portable trough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1376291, member: 9267"] no back fence. There's other differences, but that is the key. As for the shape of the break... as far as possible, put up a square break. I guess this wouldn't be important if your cattle were wellfed and relaxed and a step away from water, but in NZ where we effectively 'strip-graze' in winter our paddocks that are already set up for rotational grazing in summer (when rotation length = 1 pdk/day), leaving cows on a very rectangular (long-sided) section of grass when it's wet will increase treading damage as they roam from one side to the other far more than they would on a square break. Likewise avoid corners in your electric fence - they are weak and the cattle will push the peg out at that point, and also in driving rain they will gather at a 'stop point' and it may well be that corner that gets trampled six inches deep and never grows grass again. Lack of a back-fence makes strip grazing less efficient for pasture utilisation and growth than rotational grazing. In my part of the world, there is no winter dormant phase. I use up to four strips in winter without a backfence to allow access to the water trough, without resorting to connecting up a portable trough. [/QUOTE]
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