Title	A grazing system for semiarid lands
Publication Type	Conference Proceedings
Year of Publication	1978
Authors	Beck RF
Editor	Hyder D.H(ed.)
Conference Name	First International Rangeland Conference
Volume	Vol. 1
Date Published	1978
Publisher	Society of Range Management
Call Number	00017
Keywords	abstract, abstracts, cattle grazing,management, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, grass, Aristida, grass, Bouteloua, grass, Erioneuron, grass, Sporobolus, grassland, grazing system, grazing system, management,grazing system, proceeding, proceedings, shrub, Xanthocephalum, snakeweed, SEE Xanthocephalum, Gutierrezia
Abstract	A seasonal suitability grazing system was started on semiarid grassland in 1967. Ten years of data have not shown it to be superior to yearlong grazing with which it was compared. Livestock performance was similar on the two systems. Drought and conservative stocking rates were primarily responsible for the lack of differences between the systems. Flexibility, a primary component of the seasonal suitability system, allows for specific management of perennial grasses. Sampling of vegetaion was not intensive enough to detect the observable improvement on the seasonal suitability pastures.