I remember being at a meeting where we were being given a talk on grassland management and the guy who was from Southern Ireland was telling us how important it was to leave grass covers for the winter. When I told him that the opposite was true up here and if you wanted your grass to survive the winter you grazed it to the boards to avoid snow rot and frost kill he could not understand this concept and tried to argue his case, it was only when other members of the audience backed up my comments that he realised that I was serious. This to me demonstrates the danger of letting experts dictate what should be done when in reality they only have knowledge of their own geographical area.Why was it lost? What stock class were you looking to feed it to?
Given my geographic location I favour renting more acres for wintering rather than trying deferred grazing. Although I have used it previously, feed quality is often an issue, so the stock class should be chosen with care.