Grazing is a cost-effective way to feed livestock, but like any crop, it requires careful management to provide high-yield, high-quality feed and avoid environmental harm. This page offers resources to help you manage pastures and grazing systems effectively.
Additional Fact Sheets, Reports, and Resources
- Pasture Calculation Worksheet (PDF by Sarah Flack)
- Why are there so many buttercups in my pasture? (PDF by Sarah Flack)
- Dung beetles in Vermont and New York. Part 1: What are dung beetles and why are they important? (PDF)
- Dung beetles in Vermont and New York. Part 2: Identifying dung beetles (PDF)
- Frost Seeding: A cheap alternative to improve hay and pasture land (PDF)
- Soil fertility management of certified organic perennial pastures (PDF)
- Use of pasture irrigation in Vermont (PDF)
- UVM Extension's Grazing & Livestock website
- Winter cattle lice. Part 1: Biology and life cycle of cattle lice (PDF)
- Winter cattle lice. Part 2: Control of lice in cattle (PDF)
- Winter cattle lice. Part 3: Essential oils for the alternative control of cattle lice (PDF)