PROPOSING MEASURES TO IMPROVE GRAZING MANAGEMENT AT SHEEP

Abstract

In the climatic conditions from Romania, sheep grazing can be carried out between April and September and during the stable period from the warm season, feeding with mowed green fodder is done in covered paddocks or in other fenced and shaded areas. To improve grazing management in sheep, overgrazing management measures are required, with the aim of avoiding soil degradation of meadows. Improved organization through the best management of using meadows requires increased efforts with high energy consumption, which stimulates nitrogen oxide emissions by adding nitrogen through the application of fertilizers to increase the production of vegetative mass. Grazing, which concentrates sheep herds above the optimum allowed, for long periods of time, reduces vegetation through overgrazing and degrades the soil, and managerial measures regarding effective management must help to combat pollution by the pollution source, reduce the effects of overgrazing through soil rotation and through the well-managed grazing of sheep flocks, the development of integrated farms and ecological production systems to avoid soil degradation and maintain biodiversity.