Brief about the key components of grazing management, benefits of proper grazing and effective grazing management.

Grazing management is the process whereby grazing and browsing animals are manipulated so as to accomplish a desired levels of livestock production coupled with maintaining quality wildlife habitat and ample recreational space. When managing grazing, both the plant and the animal need to be considered. If the rangeland is grazed too intensively, particularly for sustained periods, both plant and animal production will be reduced. However, if the grazing pressure is too light forage use will be low, forage quality may decrease corresponding low productivity per animal and per unit area.

In fact, grazing management is a tool to optimize the capture and use of energy in grazing systems that enables maximum quality forage production, optimum harvest and the conversion of that energy into a marketable product by animals.

Timing and pressure of grazing is closely influenced by access to water. Grazing utility of land goes hand in hand with water provision and distribution within grazing blocks landscapes, but water is a leading factor in degradation of pastures if it allows animals to remain too long in any one area. Water is often a challenge to consider especially areas where access to surface water including stream, rivers or lakes is not readily available.