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Sheep-grazed pastures

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Sheep-grazed pastures

Well-controlled and actively growing pasture, as on this Canterbury farm, will provide adequate sheep feed even though the grass may appear short compared with cattle-grazed pastures.

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Pastures for different livestock, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16454/sheep-grazed-pastures (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Deric Charlton, published 1 March 2009.