Rotational Grazing with Cover Crops: Four Sauk County, Wisconsin Case Studies

LNC20-440 (project overview)

Project Type: Research and Education

Funds awarded in 2020: $249,205.00

Projected End Date: 04/30/2024

Grant Recipient: Sand County Foundation

Region: North Central

State: Wisconsin

Project Coordinator:

Dr. Heidi Peterson

Sand County Foundation

Description:

Since rotational grazing of cover crops is not a common practice, to address some of the current questions from farmers of the upper Midwest, Sand County Foundation partnered with the Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group (SSWIG; a farmer-led group) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to explore short-term agronomic and environmental costs and benefits of managed grazing of cover crops. This hand-out/fact sheet summarizes four case-studies.

Type:

Fact Sheet

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Haleigh Summers, Sand County Foundation; Heidi Peterson, Sand County Foundation; Greg Olson, Sand County Foundation

Target audience:

Farmers/Ranchers

Ordering info:

https://sandcountyfoundation.org/
Heidi Peterson
hpeterson@sandcountyfoundation.org
Sand County Foundation
44 East Mifflin Street, Suite 1005
Madison, WI 53703
https://sandcountyfoundation.org/
(612) 504-7186

This product is associated with the project "Onto Greener Pastures with Rotational Grazing and Cover Crops"

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.