Useful Resources Websites Abstract Grass-based dairies use skilled management and controlled rotational grazing.
Managers offer dairy quality forages for the entire grazing season.
It is a challenge to supplement this forage diet for optimal milk production and profitability. Some graziers are taking the next step to seasonal dairying. They choose to dry off the whole herd at once, thus earning a vacation from all milking. However, management is even more difficult in such a system. Certain breeds or individual cows are more adapted to a seasonal grass-based system.