Intensifying cattle production on pasture increases the productive efficiency of the animals, regardless of the grazing system adopted. In this context, knowledge of the particularities of the forage species is a tool that helps when deciding which system to use. Knowledge of the pasture ecosystem is extremely important to avoid frustration and failure of a particular cultivar or technology, caused by incorrect use. Pasture intensification can be achieved through various grazing systems such as intermittent, continuous, deferred, intercropped, silvopastoral, and integrated crop-livestock and forestry, as long as they are managed correctly, respecting the characteristics of the ecosystem, which includes the soil-plant-animal interrelationship. Morphogenic characteristics also correlate with the ability to keep pastures productive. In this way, grazing management is extremely important in the search for the optimum production point for a given forage plant, so that it is not affected and meets the nutritional requirements of the animals.
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