Sheep or goats can easily be pastured in these areas. The main point that I was trying to make is that with best management practices, sheep and cows should not ever be grazing the same pastures at the same time. The experiments show that, if cattle and sheep are to be run on separate areas, the cattle blocks should be alternated with sheep at least annually. Sheep and cattle together will need different fencing than is you just had only cattle. `The grazing can occur at the same time or at different times and still be considered multispecies grazing. sheep, goats, cattle, or horses) graze a unit of land. CATTLE AND SHEEPGR.,‘.ZlNC 65 They can, actually. Cattle tend to act as vacuum cleaners, lowing the sheep and goat worm larvae and thereby preventing them from affecting the sheep and goats – a major advantage when sheep, goats and cattle are grazing the same pasture. However, since cattle and sheep are both carried in most grazing enterprises, sheep can be used to modify the effect of the cattle on pastures. 1 Multi-Species Grazing Karen Launchbaugh Multi Species Grazing `Multi-species grazing is when more than one kind of livestock (i.e. Feed requirements of both animals and pasture help with determining the choice of either system. It has been found that grazing sheep with cattle can be actually beneficial depending on the types of vegatation available. Sheep and cattle on one pasture can disrupt the parasite cycle, and plants that the cows won't eat will be readily eaten by sheep and even goatst. Grazing a mix of species can be an effective way to reclaim and rejuvenate land that once was productive pasture. Not only can you make the most out of the land you have without having to invest in hundreds of dollars worth of forage seed, but you can also improve the control of “unwanted” vegetation. Mixed-species grazing can mean having two or more species on the same land at the same time, or it can mean having a succession of species on the same land over a span of time. The land has also been cross-fenced so the cattle can be rotated through the pastures. Putting cows, sheep and other livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, say Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) agriculture educators and colleagues in the Cornell Forestry Program. They have different grazing needs, and as such, need to be managed separately . This gives the land a chance to rest. They are advocating for the return of silvopasturing -- managed grazing in woodlands. Sheep and goats may further increase your pasture carrying capacity by browsing undesirable shrubs while leaving favourable cattle feeding plants. Sheep and cattle can be on the same pasture together. Then, you can turn around with cattle and allow them to graze the taller grasses that your sheep might not touch. Sheep or goats can be used in areas where terrain is rough and spraying equipment could be damaged. I think a little more clarification needs to be made on this comment. Goats and sheep, on the other hand, share many of the same parasites, so grazing them together without cattle doesn’t help you to control pasture parasites. As the problem plants/brush is lessened the sheep could put pressure on cattle feed. Sheep,cattle … It can be done in two different ways with the cows and sheep in the same pasture, at the same time or the cows can be given access to the range land first and then the sheep can follow afterwards, grazing the same land. Allowing different species of livestock to share the same land area, whether together or separately within the same grazing season is called cross-grazing or mixed-grazing or multi-species grazing. Although there are definite benefits to multi-species grazing, mineral feeding is a serious management consideration when grazing both sheep and cattle on the same pasture.To alleviate any problems with the copper uptake of the sheep, there are three options you could consider:1. Pasture cohabitation is an ancient farming concept that’s regaining popularity, in part, because people are seeking ways to keep their horses and properties in environmentally sustainable ways.