Sustainably meeting the nutrient requirements of grazing sheep Ethnic & Regional / General

Sustainably meeting the nutrient requirements of grazing sheep Ethnic & Regional / GeneralIn order to be sustainable, sheep rearing systems must be sufficiently flexible to respond to variable conditions and feed availability. This chapter argues that sustainable sheep management works with the resources available at a given place or time and learns from the sheep themselves. The chapter further describes how sheep cope with a variable supply of nutrients, and examines in detail (including via a case study) the importance of understanding

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