Extending the Grazing Season and Integrating Crops and Livestock to Sustain Small Farms and Ranches in the Southern Rockies

Project Overview

SW95-018
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1995: $141,602.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $9,978.00
Region: Western
State: New Mexico
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Steven Guldan
Email
New Mexico State University

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: grass (misc. perennial), hay, oats, rye, vetches
  • Vegetables: sweet corn, turnips
  • Animals: bovine

Practices

  • Animal Production: feed/forage, grazing - rotational, pasture renovation, stockpiled forages, winter forage
  • Crop Production: cropping systems, intercropping, multiple cropping, relay cropping
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
  • Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, new enterprise development, whole farm planning
  • Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems
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