The Grazing Guide is divided into three major areas:
This page will help you navigate around the site.
Research
Research
project summaries from across the region.
Included are over 100 projects conducted by Universities and USDA-ARS, available through the
ARS web
site and the USDA-Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) program.
New fact sheets from ARS!
Biodiverse Forage Mixtures: Can They Improve Animal and Pasture Productivity?
Linking Pasture and Animal Processes "Let's Graze the Cattle at Dusk"
"How Long and When Should I Graze my Cattle?"
"The Reason "why" Cattle Graze at Dusk"
Diet Selection and Grazing Behavior "Choices, Choices, Choices-Interpreting the pasture Salad Bar"
Pasture Diversity and Management
Incorporating a Total Mixed Ration into Pasture-Based Dairy Systems
Integrated Farming Systems Research
Improving Productivity, Sustainability and Profitability of Grassland Agriculture
NEW! Check out some research reports from Teagasc in Ireland such as Efficient Beef Production From Grazed Pasture and Increasing Intake by the Development of Optimal Grazing Management in Relation to Animal Behavior at Pasture.
Extension
Resources
Links
to fact sheets and other available information on grazing and pasture management
in the Northeast and around the country.
Grazing
Links
Here you will find a list of web sites that will link you to
more grazing information, including farm sites, publications, and
universities.
Estimating Pasture Carrying Capacity, Pasture Yield and Cost
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While this website has been prepared in good faith from a number of sources that are believed to be reliable, the Northeast Pasture Consortium does not give any warranty that any advice given in the website will be appropriate under all circumstances. The material contained in this website is provided solely for the general information of website browsers to inspire further exploration into the applicability of a farm management practice or set of practices including selection of a livestock enterprise and forage species on a grazing based farm. The reader of this information should act on this information only after conferring with local Extension, NRCS, SWCD or private pasture consultants for applicability to the reader's farm situation.
