Project Overview
FNE01-369
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2001: $3,700.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2001
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $3,725.00
Region: Northeast
State: Vermont
Project Leader:
Commodities
- Additional Plants: native plants
- Animals: goats
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, grazing - multispecies, grazing - rotational
- Education and Training: farmer to farmer, networking, on-farm/ranch research
Proposal summary:
Grazing for cattle and sheep is not well suited to goats, and little has been done on managed intensive grazing for dairy goats. The farmer will compare two different grazing systems, their effect of milk production and health, and the protein and butterfat amounts under different rotational systems.
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