Scaling Up Pastured Livestock Production: Benchmarks for Getting the Most Out of Feed & Land

ONE17-294 (project overview)

Project Type: Partnership

Funds awarded in 2017: $14,326.00

Projected End Date: 04/15/2020

Grant Recipient: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Region: Northeast

State: Pennsylvania

Project Leader:

Dr. Franklin Egan

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Description:

Summarized land and feed efficiency benchmarks for grass-finished beef, pastured pigs, and pastured broilers. Explores the implications of these benchmarks for scaling up pastured livestock to become a dominant method of livestock farming in Pennsylvania.

Type:

Bulletin

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Franklin Egan, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
Brooks Miller, North Mountain Pastures

Target audiences:

Farmers/Ranchers; Researchers

URL:

https://www.pasafarming.org/resources

Ordering info:

Franklin Egan
research@pasafarming.org
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
PO Box 11805
Harrisburg, PA 17108
https://www.pasafarming.org
814-349-9856

This product is associated with the project "Community benchmarks for productivity and profitability for diversified pastured livestock farmers"

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.