Feed (cattle) with cut grass brought to them instead of putting them out to pasture.
割青舍饲,青割牧草舍饲,零牧
more and more farms have gone over to zero-grazing
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The fodder is brought to the animal in the zero-grazing unit.
Farmers accepted the ‘zero-grazing’ approach but only after adapting it to their own situation.
All the goats are zero-grazed.
Cows will be zero-grazed in light, airy sheds to protect the health of the animal, prevent environmental degradation from grazing and allow for collection of manure and urine.
Dozens of dairy cows are being locked away without sunlight for a year under cruel zero-grazing techniques.
In programmes to regenerate lands, the policy of ‘zero-grazing’ or a complete ban on grazing coupled with a complete ban on goats has regrettably become the pre-dominant formula of ‘success‘.
Large, zero-grazed herds in feedlots are likely to encounter more hygiene problems than conventionally housed herds.
Conversion to zero-grazing would represent a complete and expensive systemic change for the Irish farmer.
Small scale farmers that keep zero-grazed pigs or dairy cows are good candidates for installing household biogas units.
In catchment areas, households plant trees on individual plots and cut firewood and harvest grass for their zero-grazed cows.