Project Overview
YNC08-007
Project Type: Youth
Funds awarded in 2008: $263.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2009
Region: North Central
State: Indiana
Project Coordinator:
Graham Rider
Thistle Byre Farm
Commodities
- Agronomic: potatoes
- Animals: bovine, poultry
- Animal Products: eggs
Practices
- Animal Production: grazing - rotational
- Farm Business Management: community-supported agriculture
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity
Proposal abstract:
The purpose of this project is to study the impact of rotational grazing of beef cattle and sheep on pasture forage diversity. The goal is to measure the plant species composition in a foot square plot where the livestock are grazed on a twenty-one day cycle.
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