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Fundamental Designs for the Four, Three and Two Pasture Deferred-Rotation Grazing Systems.
A. Three Herd-Four Pasture (Merril) System
Pastures
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |
Design
| Year | Deferment Periods | Grazed Yearlong |
||
| 4 months | 4 months | 4 months | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Return to same rotation as in first year | |||
B. Two Herd-Three Pasture System
Pastures
| 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 3 |
Design
| Year | Deferment Periods | Grazed Yearlong |
|
| 6 months | 6 months | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Return to same rotation as in first year | ||
C. One Herd-Two Pasture System
Pastures
| 1 | 2 |
Design
| Year | Deferment Periodsą | ||
| 3 months | 6 months | 3 months | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Return to rotation as in first year | ||
1Can be modified to 31/2 - 5 - 31/2 month deferment periods.