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Grazing Links
Web resources to help you make more meat and milk from your
pastures.
Center for Grassland Studies,
University of Nebraska -- Features back issues of the Center's
wide-ranging newsletter
-- everything from a report on a Wisconsin study of pasture songbirds in the
Winter '97 issue to
articles about controlled burning as as a range-management tool. Great list of
grassland and pasture links.
Center for Holistic Management
-- Formerly the Center for Holistic Resource Management. Well-articulated
overview of Allan Savory's basic approach to " ... a unique management
process that is helping people improve the quality of their livesand their
financeswhile simultaneously restoring the environment on which we all
depend. It is a process that allows people to make decisions, based on
their deeper values, that will be economically, socially and environmentally
sound." Holistic Management is certainly not synonymous with grazing,
though many farmers who engage in this process do end up relying more on
pasture-based production.
Cornell Forage-Livestock
Systems Home Page -- Includes Emmick and Fox's
Prescribed
Grazing Management Manual for New York State.
Fence-Building Resources Online -- Links to
fence-building guides for management-intensive grazing.
Forage Livestock Systems --
Great site from the Univ. of W. Va. features
fact sheets, a
forage ID tutorial,
and grazing classics in Ye
Olde Forage Library Card Catalogue.
Forage Systems
Update Newsletter -- Forage System Research Center, University of
Missouri. Just three articles posted so far (9/8/97). Hoping for more because
the hard-copy edition has dynamite summaries of the excellent beef grazing
research conducted at the FSRC by Jim Gerrish and others.
Forgey's River-View Farm
-- Indiana seasonal dairyman Dave Forgey has started his own website.
It's still in it's embryonic stages (9/1/97), but will be worth checking as he
adds to it. For more on his farm, see The
Forgey Files.
grassfarmer.com -- This growing site from
American Farmland Trust features their
Cove Mt. grass dairy projectinnovative
parlors for dairy graziers,
and tools for graziers.
Great Lakes Intensive Rotational Grazing
Network -- Includes Great Lakes Basin Grazier online newsletter, summary
of the environmental benefits of rotational grazing, an interesting article on
how grazing can improve Hungarian Partridge habitat, and more.
Jason Rankin's Home Page
-- Innovative Irish dairy grazier explains his techniques.
Maryland Small Ruminant
Page -- Excellent pasture and fencing information (and much, much more)
for sheep and goats.
North American Deer Farmers Association
-- Information about getting started producing for a market that is growing 30
percent annually. U.S. farmers meet only 25 to 30 percent of domestic demand.
Oregon
State University Forage Information System -- Still under construction
(3/4/97).
Grazing
page has excellent links to fencing vendors, livestock and grazing web sites,
listservs and more.
Owenlea Holsteins -- A great
farmer-run site from grazing and internet pioneer F.W. Owen. "The purpose
of this web site is to give dairy farmers a comfortable place to go on the
Internet," he writes. But farmers of all kinds will appreciate his links
to news, weather and other sites of interest. Lately F.W. has been uploading
interesting pages from old farming publications, for example, how to build a
limestone spreader. Highly
recommended.
Pasture FAQ --
A good primer on pasture management and rotational grazing from former
Connecticut sheep grazier and ag consultant, Ronald Florence. See his
home page for useful FAQs on
haying, lambing and more.
Penn
State Forage Home Page -- Good profiles on selection and management of
more than 20
species,
plus information on fertility, establishment, pests, hay and silage, sampling
and more.
Seed Sources -- Find the varieties you need to fit
your pasture system.
Sustainable Ranching Research and
Education Project -- University of California Extension project,
includes controlled grazing basics, extensive nutrition info, fencing design and
construction, events calendar, links and more. Don't miss the online
low-stress livestock
handling tips featuring info from stockmanship guru Bud Williams.
Commercial Sites
Amaizing
graize -- Baldridge Hybrid
corn varieties bred specifically to fill the summer pasture slump.
Fencing
Companies -- Great list of links at Oregon State University's
Forage Information System
website.
Gallagher Power Fencing --
Growing site includes energizer
catalog,
FAQ, and
hints.
Geotek/Common Sense Fence -- MULE
corner braces, fence products and fencing guide (.pdf file requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader).
GrazePro -- Software
program designed to ease grazing recordkeeping and management from
Softpro Business Solutions.
Kencove Farm Fence -- Wide range of
fencing, supplies and services.
Kentucky Graziers Supply -- Fencing,
water systems and other innovative grazing solutions.
Kiwi Fence Systems -- Fencing, post
drivers, weighing systems, do-it-yourself information.
Max-Flex Fence Systems --
Information on different fence types, energizers. Contacts for dealers,
additional print information.
MG
Fencing Systems -- Horse-friendly fence.
Valley Oaks Ranch Supply
-- STAFIX
New Zealand Electric Fencing Product area includes excellent reference for
planning pasture layout and constructing paddocks. Well-organized with good
graphics throughout.
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