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Old 02-16-2016, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
Thinking on this........ Maybe the authors data accounts for rather dry low country like Texas or Australia. If so that raises the land necessary for graze substantially higher.... In a temperate environment or a wetter one like coastal low lands were the foliage is thick and returns faster alot less territory is necessary.

So the hectares section really should have a geographical or environmental modifier associated with it.

Given the wide variable of 2-10 hectares, it is probably meant too.
That would also explain in part the need for additional feed with the low quality foraging available that climate too.
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