This text is a state-of-the-art synthesis of research in production and management since the inception of the discipline as an agricultural science in the 1930s. All the ecological regions are covered extensively, but the main emphasis is on the three biomes (the grassveld, savanna and karoo) which produce the bulk but the main emphasis is on the three biomes (the grassveld, savanna and karoo) which produce the bulk of the forage supporting both the domestic livestock and the game farming industries.

All major aspects, of veld production and management are covered in this book. It outlines the physiological and ecological principles on which management is based and which underpin the science.