Winter management practices significantly impact early spring pasture production. Overgrazing in winter can reduce spring pasture growth by up to 80%, while treading and pugging damage can decrease it by 10% for every 10% of bare area created. Maintaining pasture cover above 2000 kg DM/ha and leaving a residual mass of over 1200 kg DM/ha in late winter can improve pasture growth. Techniques like feed budgeting, longer winter feeding periods, and controlling feed intake during late pregnancy can help achieve higher pasture residuals and increased growth. Farmers would benefit from more tools to manage the transition from winter to spring grazing.