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"Production Costs on Selected Wisconsin Grazing Farms, 1995-2005", Tom Kriegl, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability.

Great Lakes Grazing Network: Linking Farmers with Knowledge and Resources

The data and conclusions of the following financial reports and summaries are derived from a USDA Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS) Grant #00-52501-9708. A Regional/Multi-State Interpretation of Small Farm Financial Data.

Sixth Year Report, October 2007 (data from 2000-2005)

Factsheets, October 2007

YR6-1: Project Overview

YR6-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR6-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR6-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR6-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms

YR6-6: Preview of Financial Performance of Graziers by Breed

YR6-7: Major Cost Items on Wisconsin grazign and Confinement Dairy Farms

YR6-8: Major Cost Items on Great Lakes Grazing Network (GLGN) Grazing Dairy Farms

Fifth Year Report, October 2005 (data from 2000-2004)

Factsheets, October 2005

YR5-1: Project Overview

YR5-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR5-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR5-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR5-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms

YR5-6: Preview of Financial Performance of Graziers by Breed

YR5-7: Major Cost Items on Wisconsin grazing and Confinement Dairy Farms

YR5-8: Major Cost Items on Great Lakes Grazing Network (GLGN) Grazing Dairy Farms

Fourth Year Report, April 2005 (data from 2000-2003)

Factsheets, April 2005

YR4-1: Project Overview

YR4-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR4-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR4-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR4-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms

YR4-6: Preview of Financial Performance of Graziers by Breed

Third Year Report, April 2004 (data from 2000-2002)

Factsheets, May 2004

YR3-1: Project Overview

YR3-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR3-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR3-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR3-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms

Second Year-Report, April 2003 (data from 2000-2001)

Factsheets, May 200

YR2-1: Project Overview

YR2-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR2-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR2-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR2-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms.

First Year, May 2002 (data from 2000)

Factsheets, May 2002

YR1-1: Project Overview

YR1-2: Comparing the Top Half with the Bottom Half of Graziers

YR1-3: Comparing Herds by Size, Less than 100 Cows vs. More than 100 Cows

YR1-4: Comparing Seasonal Calving with Non-Seasonal Herds

YR1-5: Grazing vs. Confinement Farms

RESOURCES:

Grass Clippings: Pasture Research You Can Use. Quarterly newsletter linking Wisconsin grazieres with University of Wisconsin research, Extension and UW Dairy Forage Research Center. Contact: Rhonda R. Gildersleeve, UW Extension Iowa County, 222 North Iowa Street, Suite 1, Dodgeville, WI, 53533, 608.935.0391 or email rhonda.gildersleeve@ces.uwex.edu.

Grazing Resources and Reference Materials
Useful grazing websites and publications. Produced by Rhonda R. Gildersleeve, Iowa County Agricultural Agent. For more information call: 608.935.0391 or email rhonda.gildersleeve@ces.uwex.edu.

RELATED PAPERS:

2006

Jones, Bruce L. "Costs for Wisconsin Dairies Using Rotational Grazing Practices: new evidence from agricultural resource management survey data.", University of Wisconsin, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics. September 2006.

"Pastures of Plenty: Financial Performance of Wisconsin Grazing Dairy Farms - Fifth Year Report" Prepared by Tom Kriegl, UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability and Ruth McNair, UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Report was funded in part by a USDA-CSREES grant to CIAS and was published following a joint effort between CDP and CIAS. June 2006

2005

"A Ten Year Economic Look at Wisconsin Dairy Systems" / Tom Kriegl and Gary Frank, November 2005.

"Wisconsin's Grazing Success: Grazing dairy farms show profit and promise" : an except from the report "Pastures of Plenty: Financial Performance of Wisconsin Grazing Dairy Farms," funded by a USDA-CSREES grant to CIAS. February 2005.

2004

"A Summary of Basic Costs and their Impact on Confinement vs. Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG)", -- University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, February 2004. (WDD-2004-01).

2001

"5-Year Preliminary Comparison of the Cost of Production of Selected "Conventional" and Grazing Wisconsin Grazing Farms." Kriegl, Thomas. -- University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, March 2001.

1999

"Good News for Many Wisconsin Dairy Farms: Grazing is an economically viable alternative for many WI dairy farms"

"1994 Wisconsin Grazing Dairy Farm Survey Report: Overview of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing in Wisconsin." Kriegl, Thomas and Larry Bauman, and Nate Splett. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison, River Falls. Center for Dairy Profitability, September 1999.

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