Project Overview
FNC08-710
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2008: $5,431.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2012
Region: North Central
State: Wisconsin
Project Coordinator:
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: general hay and forage crops, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animals: poultry, goats, sheep
Practices
- Animal Production: grazing management, grazing - multispecies, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, grazing - rotational, feed/forage
- Crop Production: nutrient cycling, tissue analysis
- Education and Training: farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research
- Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: soil analysis, soil chemistry, organic matter
- Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures
Proposal summary:
Low input renovation of a long fallow pasture by intensively grazing feeder lambs and goat kids as well as pastured poultry. Document improvement in forage quality gained with no other inputs.
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