When properly managed, it is also higher in feeding value than any other forage crop. With all crops, there are certain planning and management considerations that must be adhered to or applied to ensure not only their establishment and long term persistence, but to also promote high yield, high quality, and efficient utilization.
Pasture is no exception.
In fact, pasture requires a very sophisticated level of management because it involves the integration of a forage production system, a livestock production system, and a forage utilization system at the same time and in the same space. Collectively, these influences, when modified by stocking rate and level of grazing management, allow the grazing animal to exert primary control over what can or cannot survive in any given pasture.