What is the ideal time for animals to enter a deferred area?

The success of the pasture deferment strategy is realized at the time of utilization, and the great challenge for the cattle rancher is the precise adjustment of the animal load. In the series based on the book "In the drought, the pasture can dry up, but the cattle cannot," the zootechnician Iorrano Cidrini explains that, at the peak of the drought, the ideal moment for the animals to enter the deferred area requires a rigorous check of what was planned to avoid the risks of overgrazing and undergrazing. Check it out: Deferral, which is the prohibition of pasture, requires the producer to check the stock of accumulated dry matter. An initial planning was done with the demand estimate (number of animals, weight, and time of use) versus the estimated forage production per hectare. Now, the cattle rancher needs to check the final result of the deferment to ensure that the amount of dry mass will support the animal load. The balance of the animal load is fundamental, as an error in ...