A winter grazing paddock in the South in winter. PHOTO: GEOFF REIDAcknowledging intensive winter grazing is a high-risk activity, Southland’s regional council has put an emphasis on the importance of proper planning. Intensive winter grazing is a farming practice where livestock, such as cattle or sheep, are grazed on paddocks planted with fodder crops. One way the council attempted to do this was through a recently developed online tool, used to identify risks and to manage intensive winter grazing. Farmers can get a copy of this report, and send it to the council to register their winter grazing as being permitted.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 19, 2021 16:30 UTC