Shut the gate: Deferred Grazing on hill country

We’re joined by Bill Garland who farms at Maungatautari in the Waikato and Dr Katherine Tozer, Senior Scientist at AgResearch, to talk deferred grazing. Around for many decades in different forms, it’s gaining more popularity as a way to transfer feed from spring to autumn/early winter, to regenerate pastures and to cut down on diesel, seed and cropping/regrassing costs. Could it have a place in your system? For more details, check out the deferred grazing information on B+LNZ’s Factsheet , DairyNZ’s Deferred Grazing page and AgResearch’s guide book. This research was supported by AgResearch, DairyNZ, MPI, Ellett Trust, Ballance Agri-nutrients, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Waikato Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Beef + Lamb New Zealand and especially the many farmers who contributed their time, paddocks and expertise.

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Shut the gate: Deferred Grazing on hill country is an episode from Scene + Herd: Podcasts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand by Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

This episode is 29:35 long.

This episode was published on Jun 26, 2025.

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