Protecting Pastures From Drought
I’ve had plenty of opportunity in my work to watch other graziers, as well as graze my own animals. One conclusion I’ve come up with is that anyone can graze in a wet year; ...
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Grazing Dairy Heifers to Improving the Health and Economics of Dairy Replacements
June 14, 2022 – Grazing dairy heifers on pasture can reduce the cost of production and, for bred heifers, improve health at calving. Allowing the heifer to harvest its own forage and spread its ...
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Pasture Regrowth Project Helps Farms Keep Pace with Grazing
By Betsy Hicks, CCE Dairy Management Specialist & Troy Bishopp, Upper Susquehanna Coalition/ Madison County SWCD From May to November 2021, several farms participated in a pasture regrowth monitoring project. Troy Bishopp of the ...
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The Slow and Furtive Nature of Pasture Soil Compaction: Project Develops Ratio to Monitor Impact
In my work, first as a grazing dairy farmer and now as a Cornell University Cooperative Extension educator working with graziers across New York State, I have been aware of pasture soil compaction but ...
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2021 Pasture Regrowth Monitoring Project
Project Objective: Graziers who participate will fine tune their grazing skills to help improve pasture output by learning how weather conditions (rainfall, temperature) interact with management decisions (residue height, rest) to affect regrowth in ...
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Pasture Soil Compaction: A Slow, but Stealthy Thief of Pasture Productivity
I had a pasture soil compaction epiphany while working in a St. Lawrence County pasture on a NE SARE-supported project. The project was to plant radishes and other brassicas into established pasture swards. The ...
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Drought Insurance for Forages
Pasture Rangeland and Forage (PRF) crop insurance was developed for producers that produce forage for their animals or for sale. It covers the single peril of drought. The basis of this insurance is on ...
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Ecological Control of Pasture Flies
Farmers that raise animals know that June is when flies start to be a nuisance, and by July, if a control program is not in place, production losses occur. The information from this pasture ...
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Is Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance Right for your Farm?
Plants need water to photosynthesize and grow. No hay producer or grazer would disagree with this statement. Yet if I asked a group of farmers what they do in the absence of rain, and ...
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Pasture Soil Compaction: Prevention and Remediation
Adapted from resources developed for a SARE Grant titled Identification and Remediation of Compaction on Northeast Pasture Soil. Contributors include Fay Benson, Abbie Teeter & Nancy Glazier. Understanding Soil Compaction Soil health is generally ...
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