1996 Annual Report for FW96-001
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1996: $4,200.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1998
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $35,475.00
Region: Western
State: New Mexico
Principal Investigator:
Increasing the Value of Irrigated Pastures
Summary
This project will aim to show that irrigated pasture can be a high value crop. The plan is to construct and operate a seasonal milking, grass-based goat dairy. This project will explore a non-traditional marketing technique of turning grass into milk, and it will show that irrigated pasture can be a high value crop well suited to local conditions and environment.