Effective management of nutrient cycling in pastures requires understanding how nature cycles nutrients in natural grasslands and then mimicking those natural processes.  "Nutrient Cycling in Pastures," a newly updated ATTRA publication, examines the pathways and drivers that move nutrients into, out of, and within pasture systems.
The publication attempts to provide a clear, holistic understanding of how nutrients cycle through pastures and what the producer can do to enhance the processes to create productive, regenerative, and resilient farm and ranch systems.
You can download it for free from the ATTRA website at https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=240.
ATTRA has related resources to check out as well, including:
"Soil Health" tutorial, https://attra.ncat.org/tutorials/index.php
"Building Healthy Pasture Soils," https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=580
"Soil Health and Livestock: ATTRA Resources," https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=503
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