Nutrition - Management of Dairy Sheep - Goats on Pasture

Project Overview

LNE98-108
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1998: $151,190.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2002
Matching Federal Funds: $6,252.00
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $71,616.00
Region: Northeast
State: New Hampshire
Project Leader:

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Additional Plants: native plants
  • Animals: goats, sheep

Practices

  • Animal Production: feed/forage, feed formulation, feed rations, grazing - rotational
  • Education and Training: technical assistance, demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, feasibility study, agricultural finance
  • Production Systems: holistic management
  • Sustainable Communities: infrastructure analysis, new business opportunities, employment opportunities
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