If you are running out of pasture for your sheep and cattle, letting your stock go hungry is not an option, because all animal owners have a legal and moral obligation to feed their stock properly, whether the grass is growing or not. 

Buy in feed, lease extra grazing or sell stock.

It might be worth digging deep into your pockets if necessary to keep your stock going.

You could at least spend money on your breeding stock to keep them in good condition. They are your farm’s future.

If you offer grain or concentrate feed, introduce it to the diet in small amounts to start with to allow the digestive system time to adapt.

Body condition scoring can be used to identify and separate thinner stock for preferential feeding. When there is competition for feed, bigger bolder animals tend to get more than their fair share. Sorting stock into mobs according to their body condition can help ensure that they all get an adequate share.