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Topics and
Articles 
Species
Selection and Establishment Characteristics of Forage and Pasture Species Grown in Vermont
Establishing and Managing Horse Pastures in Vermont
Birdsfoot Trefoil As a Grazing or Hay Crop
Cicer milkvetch - A Potential Non-Bloating Legume for Northeast Pastures
Forage Species Identification - a link to an excellent site from Purdue
Forage Plant Identification - a power point presentation at the 08 VT Grazing Conference
Identification Guide for Forage Legumes Grown in the Northeast - a two page table of pictures and diagrams to help in the identification of the major forage legumes grown in the Northeast (a large pdf fact sheet that may take a little time to download)
Identification
Guide for Forage Grasses Grown in the Northeast -
a two page table of pictures and diagrams to help in the identification
of the major forage grasses grown in the Northeast (a
large pdf fact sheet that may take a little time to download)
Pasture Management
Pasture Management Through the Season
Pasture Quality At Shelburne Farms - 2005
Assessing On-Farm Pasture Availability and Forage Quality for Dairy Feed Planning
Using Farm Records to Determine Pasture Production and Growth Rates
Fertilization and Nutrient
Management
Nitrogen Management on Pasture
Managing High K Forages for the Dry Cow
Nutrient
Recommendations for Field Crops in Vermont
Pasture Pest and Weed Management
Managing Smooth Bedstraw in Forage Crops
Blue-green algae in farm ponds -(requires Adobe Reader)
Wild Chervil -(requires Adobe Reader)
Armyworm in 2007Poisonous
Plants and Animal Disorders
Plant
Poisoning of Livestock in Vermont (a large
pdf fact sheet that may take a little time to download)
Poisonous Plants for Livestock- Cornell
Economics
and Pasture Planning
Estimating Pasture Carrying Capacity, Pasture Yield, and Costs (an Excel Spreadsheet program)
The Vermont CropMD (Management Data Base)
2009 Machinery Custum
Rates (from Pennsylvania)
Research
Reports
Nutritional
and Economic Aspects of Supplemented, Grazing Dairy Cattle
The Influence Of Social Facilitation On The Grazing Behavior Of Lactating Dairy Cows
Management of Natural Kentucky Bluegrass - White Clover Pasture
Economics of Feeding Dairy Cows on Well-Managed Pastures
Group Raising of Dairy Calves on Well-Managed Pasture
Managing Parasites of Grazing Livestock on Organic Farms
Expanding Profits for Sheep Production through Intensive Pasture Management
Pasture Quality At Shelburne Farms - 2005
Assessing On-Farm Pasture Availability and Forage Quality for Dairy Feed Planning
Links
The Vermont Crops and Soils Homepage
provides these linkages for your access to more information, but we do
not necessarily agree nor endorse all the information and ideas that you
may find on some of these links.
Penn
State Forage Site
Cornell
Forage-Livestock Systems
Forage-Livestock
Systems from West Virginia
Un.
of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center
Grazing
lands conservation initiative
Getting
Started Grazing (Ohio State)
Pasture
Systems & Watershed Management Research Laboratory
Sustainable
farming connection
Alternative
Farming Systems Information Center
American
Forage & Grassland Council
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