Category: Grazing/Perennial
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Posted on January 2, 1999
Outwintering dairy cattle: the fate of manure components (Research Brief #35)
Farmers who wish to outwinter their cattle to decrease facility and labor costs can do so in environmentally sound ways. In a study conducted during […]
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Posted on September 2, 1998
Grazing’s potential: expansion’s effects on cash flow (Research Brief #31)
All farm types examined here, particularly the low and medium investment farms with high levels of debt, may find an expansion involving sweat equity to […]
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Posted on September 1, 1998
Grazing’s potential: predicting expansion’s cost, profit (Research Brief #30)
Many successful graziers, confident in their grazing and management skills, are now asking: Will an expansion pay for a labor-saving parlor within a modified seasonal […]
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Posted on February 4, 1998
Women on dairy farms: juggling roles and responsibilities (Research Brief #29)
If you want to know how important women are to running a dairy farm in Wisconsin, just ask farm couples. Six hundred farm couples were […]
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Posted on February 3, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: manure management issues (Research Brief #28)
The sparkling, frozen world of Wisconsin in winter presents several challenges to its dairy farmers. One of these challenges is how to manage dairy cattle […]
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Posted on February 2, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: animal health issues (Research Brief #27)
Farmers are finding that dairy cattle are a lot tougher and more resourceful than they have been given credit for. —Ed Brick Can dairy cattle […]
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Posted on January 1, 1998
Spreading the word: ag professionals and MIRG (Research Brief #25)
What predicts ag professionals’ knowledge of and willingness to make recommendations on management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG)? A UW-Madison survey of agricultural professionals throughout Wisconsin […]
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Posted on December 15, 1996
Impacts of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing on stream ecology and water quality
News from the Grazing Dairy Systems Network December 15, 1996 Contributed by Laura Paine University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agronomy One important way to control […]
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Posted on October 3, 1996
Farmer-to-farmer networks: effective grass-roots sharing (Research Brief #23)
Successful farmer-to-farmer networks assume that each person has valuable knowledge and experience to contribute. — Stephanie Rittmann Farmer-to-farmer networks are thriving in Wisconsin as a […]
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Posted on April 1, 1996
Management intensive rotational grazing’s sense…and dollars (Research Brief #19)
What we’re seeing is a little extra money from grazing while putting in a little less labor. — Gary Frank How can dairy farmers make […]