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Managing beef cattle to protect lakes and rivers.(animal waste and grazing pollutes water)

Beef cattle browse more than 11 million acres of grazinglands in the State of Florida. In fact, Florida is 11th among U.S. beef-producing states, and 4th among those with herds of more than 500 brood cows. Florida producers run 4 of the nation's 15 largest ranches, the largest of which grazes over 35,000 brood cows on more than 300,000 acres.

Such large herds naturally generate large quantities of manure and other waste. Because of this, forage-based livestock systems have been blamed as a major cause of deteriorating water quality in Florida and other cattle-producing states. Particularly problematic, over time, has been phosphorus runoff from both manure and the ...

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