Posted August 2008
This survey explored the views, opinions and perceptions of Wisconsin dairy producers about custom grazing heifers. Findings included:
All types of Wisconsin dairy producers perceive that grazing has positive implications for the health and productivity of dairy heifers.
In order to appeal to Wisconsin dairy producers, potential custom grazing heifer operations must be cost competitive.
Confinement operations are Continue Reading...
Grass Clippings features grazing research from the University of Wisconsin and beyond. In this issue:
Orchardgrass, tall fescue, and meadow fescue response to nitrogen rate
Meadow fescue in the Driftless Region, part two
Influence of fertility on pasture species diversity, yield and quality, part two
From the files of yesteryear: Making reed canarygrass seed more available in Wisconsin
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CIAS staff member Steve Stevenson is co-author of a new book on the crisis faced by mid-scale farms and ranches, and strategies for reviving these operations. Food and the Mid-Level Farm makes it clear that the demise of midsize farms and ranches is not a foregone conclusion and that the renewal of an agriculture of [...more]
Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers will be pedaling for pledges when they roll out Friday, June 13 in the 5th Annual Ride to Farm.
A group of determined cyclists will make a three-day trip from a farm near Nichols in Outagamie County to a farm at Elkhorn in Walworth County. [...more]
Grass Clippings is a newsletter that features grazing-related research from the University of Wisconsin and beyond. The April issue features:
Pure live seed
Meadow fescue
Different dairy farm systems yield similar satisfaction
Fertility and pastures
Wisconsin’s beef industry
Custom heifers on pasture
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