Year Round Beef Cattle Grazing Strategy to Eliminate or Reduce the Use of Stored Feeds

Project Overview

OS03-009
Project Type: On-Farm Research
Funds awarded in 2003: $15,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Region: Southern
State: Kentucky
Principal Investigator:
David Ditsch
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Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: corn, oats, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
  • Animals: bovine

Practices

  • Animal Production: manure management, mineral supplements, grazing - multispecies, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, vaccines, watering systems, winter forage, feed/forage
  • Crop Production: no-till, nutrient cycling, conservation tillage
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research
  • Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance
  • Soil Management: soil analysis
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