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D-destocking Dictionary

Destocking

Selling or removing animals to reduce grazing pressure, often during drought

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Plain meaning
Selling or removing animals to reduce grazing pressure, often during drought
How to use it
Plan destocking early in a drought, before prices collapse and condition falls.
South African benchmark
South African farmers destocked heavily in recent droughts, depressing cattle prices (Article 74).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C9 Lesson 9.5, M9-U2
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A074
See also
Carrying capacity, Weaner
Dryland farming compared with irrigated farming and the enterprises each supportsWater decides the enterpriseDryland: rain onlyIrrigated: borehole, dam or riverboreholeDrought-tolerant crops, grazing, sorghumHigh-value vegetables, fruit, seed crops
From Module 9, Climate, Water and Resource Risk, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C9 Climate, Water and Resource Risk.