Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Faculty of Agriculture

Grazing and Pasture Management for Organic Livestock Production

Practical Resources

Achieving Optimum Pasture Results
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2014
Animal Behavior In and On the Organic Pasture
- eOrganic. 2010
Assessing the Pasture Soil Resource
- ATTRA. 2010
Behavior Based Grazing Management: A Plant-Herbivore Interaction Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2013
Budgeting and Measuring Pasture Production
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2010
Can I do that on Grass?
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
Developing a Grazing System for Your Organic Farm
- eOrganic. 2010
Ecosystem services of biodiversity in organic grasslands
- ICROFS. 2011
Frost Seeding to Improve Forage Stands
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2013
Frost Seeding: A Cheap Alternative to Improve Hay and Pasture Land
- eOrganic. 2014
Grazed Green Manures
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2010
Grazed Green Manures: Phase 2 - The Next Crop
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2011
Hedging Bets: Legume Mixtures in Pasture
- The BHU Future Farming Centre. 2014
Livestock Fencing on Grazing Management Systems
- eOrganic. 2010
Multispecies Grazing
- ATTRA. 2001
Nutrient Cycling in Pastures
- ATTRA. 2001
Pastures: Going Organic
- ATTRA. 2006
Paddock Design, Fencing and Water Systems for Controlled Grazing
- ATTRA. 2009
Pests in the Organic Pasture
- eOrganic. 2010
Rotational Grazing
- ATTRA. 2010
Rotational Grazing Primer
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2011
Ruminant Nutrition for Graziers
- ATTRA. 2008
Selecting a Pasture Mix
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2010
Spring Pasture Management Tips
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2013
Starting the Pasture Season
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2014
Water and Water Systems in the Pasture
- eOrganic. 2010

Scientific Results

Grazing management

Effects of Livestock Grazing on Grasshopper Abundance on a Native Rangeland in Montana
- Environmental Entomology (2010) 39: 775-786
Grazing green manures to optimize nitrogen supply on the Canadian prairies
- Organic Eprints. 2014
Integrating green manure and grazing systems: A review
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2011) 91: 811-824

Effect of grazing on soil nutrients and greenhouse gases

Diversification and ecosystem services for conservation agriculture: Outcomes from pastures and integrated crop–livestock systems
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2013) 28: 129-144
Late-season catch crops reduce nitrate leaching risk after grazed green manures but release N slower than wheat demand
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 202: 31-41
Management of Canadian prairie region grazed grasslands: Soil C sequestration, livestock productivity and profitability
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2005) 85: 183-192
Nitrous oxide emissions from organic farming: the importance of well-timed ley cultivation
- Organic Eprints. 2006

For grazing resources related to a specific livestock group, please see the relevant group on the Livestock pages. Additional resources may also be found on the Forages page in the Field Crops section.

Dalhousie University

Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Grazing and Pasture Management for Organic Livestock Production

Practical Resources

Scientific Results

Grazing management

Effect of grazing on soil nutrients and greenhouse gases

For grazing resources related to a specific livestock group, please see the relevant group on the Livestock pages. Additional resources may also be found on the Forages page in the Field Crops section.