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Yes that's right. Sheep will graze ragwort though if they get it in the spring as it appears and 12 months of grazing with sheep will kill it I'm told. I only know this as we were asked to graze sheep on some land locally where ragwort was a problem. Six months later and there's no sign of ragwort and someone else is going to graze it with sheep over the winter so it should be sorted.
Live ragwort is just as poisonous as dead ragwort. But the effect is cumulative. Best graze with cull sheep for two seasons after topping.