I have a small farm and can't afford to injure my pastures by over grazing. Here in central NJ we go into such bad drought conditions in the summer that I have to take the animals off pasture or they will eat them down to earth and the forage can become severely damaged. I usually take them off pasture leaving a good stand for the winter to aid in the spring recovery because I've read that if the forage is grazed too heavily before winter, the pastures are less resilient because the root systems can't store enough energy for the winter. I would like to know if it is safe to graze the dormant grasses hard after they have already gone dormant without injuring the root systems? Thanks, Kevin