Project Overview

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Commodities

• Agronomic: corn, grass (misc. perennial), hay

• Animals: rabbits

Practices

• Animal Production: grazing - continuous, free-range, manure management, pasture renovation, range improvement, feed/forage

• Education and Training: extension, farmer to farmer, mentoring, on-farm/ranch research

• Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, marketing management, market study, risk management

• Natural Resources/Environment: habitat enhancement

• Pest Management: physical control

• Production Systems: holistic management

• Soil Management: soil quality/health

• Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures

Raising rabbits on pasture is viable, but the rabbits tend to chew, dig, and escape. The farmer will experiment with different cage designs that will allow her pastured rabbits to feed but will also contain them effectively, improving their condition and saving capture time.