Sustainable
Farming & Grazing
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.
Northeast
Grazing Consortium
This site was developed
as part of the Northeast Pasture Research and Extension Consortium.
The site gives you access to Research Summaries, Extension Resources,
Farmer Projects, and Links to other grazing websites.
American
Farmland Trust
Information site on grass-based farming systems.
Center
for Integrated Agricultural Systems
CIAS is a sustainable agricultural research center at the University
of Wisconsin Madison.
Grazing
Discussion Group (GRAZE-L)
An international forum for discussion of intensive rotational grazing
and seasonal dairying.
Knee
Deep in Grass
A survey of twenty-nine grazing operations in Minnesota. University
of Minnesota - Extension.
Sustainable
Agricultural Research and Education
(SARE)
A USDA-Funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable
agriculture research and education nationwide.
UW-Sustainable
Agricultural Task Force
This site offers quick, easy access to numerous sustainable Ag sites
plus information on how agriculture can be more profitable, socially
acceptable, and economically sound.Summaries of Grazing Studies.
"Wisconsin
Dairy Grazing Profitability Analysis"
Preliminary Fourth Year Summary. By Tom Kriegl, University of Wisconsin,
Center for Dairy Profitability. (7/28/99)
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Appendix
1: Comparing Selected Characteristics of Two Types of Graziers
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Appendix
2: Comparing Selected Financial Performance of Two Types of
Graziers and Conventional Farms
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Appendix
3: Comparing Selected Financial Performance of 9 Low Capital
Graziers Separated by Use of Three Other Management Practices
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Appendix
4: Comparing Financial Performance of 21 Graziers when Separated
for Calving Practice, Organic Certification, and DHI Use.
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Appendix
5: Comparing Financial Performance of 21 Graziers when Separated
into Top, Middle and Bottom Third. Ranked by Three Year Average
NFIFO/Cow.
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"Wisconsin
Grazing Dairy Farm Survey"
Preliminary summary by Tom Kriegl, University of Wisconsin, Center for
Dairy Profitability. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Wisconsin
Grazing Conference, 12-13 February 1999, Madison.
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