Individual Confinement Rearing vs. Pasture-Based Group Rearing of Dairy Calves

Project Overview

FW97-012
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1997: $3,248.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $18,040.00
Region: Western
State: California
Principal Investigator:

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Animal Products: dairy

Practices

  • Animal Production: free-range, feed rations
  • Education and Training: technical assistance
  • Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance
  • Pest Management: weather monitoring
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management
  • Sustainable Communities: infrastructure analysis, new business opportunities, partnerships, analysis of personal/family life, sustainability measures
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