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•By managing for more even animal distribution, ranch managers can increase the amount of forage accessible to livestock and raise their effective grazing capacity.•Smaller paddocks and higher stocking density improve the distribution of grazing in each paddock.•A landscape of many, smaller paddocks will spread grazing pressure more evenly than one of fewer, larger paddocks.
•Grazing capacity increased substantially and rangeland vegetation measurements improved after the Howell Ranch applied strategically planned and managed grazing. Increased capacity was realized from more spatially uniform grazing distribution and harvest efficiency rather than improving conditions over time.•Dividing a ranch into paddocks and grazing them sequentially, especially at high stocking...
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