Brazil stands out from its competitors for presenting pasture as the basis of
production. However, as the extensive production regime predominates, Brazilian
livestock farming has a great challenge to the degradation of pastures, a factor that
negatively impacts the sustainability of the productive system. The use of grazing
systems aimed at the adequate growth of the forage plant, the good animal
performance and the improvement of the physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of the soil is fundamental for the evolution of the Brazilian livestock. In
this sense, it is valid to make a theoretical, comparative analysis of the functional
characteristics of the two systems of production to the pasture, more employees, the
continuous and the rotated. This will allow a gathering of information regarding the
particularities of each system. Pasture management is a set of actions aimed at
maximum production per unit area, according to the exploration objective. The
rotated system has allowed intensification in meat production and increased
profitability of the activity. This is often more due to the greater use of technological
resources than the isolated effect of adopting the system. The producer, when
migrating from the continuous grazing system to the rotational system, implements in
his property techniques such as soil correction and fertilization, irrigation, integration
of livestock farming, which allow the cultivation of more productive forages and the
breeding of animals with better genetic potential. Thus, the rotational stocking
method, when done correctly, will be more efficient than the continuous stocking, to
promote greater animal production, increase the efficiency of pasture utilization, but,
because it is more complex, the implantation of this system requires greater control
and dedication on the part of the producer.
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