Online Grazing and Pasture Management Resources

Pasture for Organic Ruminant Livestock: Understanding and Implementing the National Organic Program (NOP) Pasture Rule, USDA National Organic Program, 2011

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5091036

 

Understanding Forage Quality

http://www.aces.edu/dept/forages/hay/ForageQuality.pdf

 

Pasture Nutrient Calculator and Pasture Nitrogen Balance Worksheet, Penn State

http://panutrientmgmt.cas.psu.edu/main_planning_resources.htm

 

How to Measure Forage Production for the Astute Producer

Mark Moseley, NRCS, San Antonio, TX

http://www.texasglci.org/docs/forage.pdf

 

Extending Grazing and Reducing Stored Feed Needs, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Publication, 2008

http://www.agry.purdue.edu/Ext/forages/pdf/ExtendingGrazing-Auburn.pdf

 

Grazing Systems Planning Guide, The University of Minnesota Extension Service, 2003

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/components/DI7606.pdf

 

Northeast Grazing Guide.  University of Maine Cooperative Extension

http://grazingguide.net/

 

Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers.  Columbia, MO: Missouri Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2005

http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov/news/pubs_download/out/MO%20NRCS%20Electric%20Fencing_low.pdf

 

Watering Systems for Serious Graziers.  Columbia, MO: Missouri Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2006

http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov/news/pubs_download/out/Watering%20Systemslow.pdf

 

Pasture and Grazing Technical Information & Tools; Calculators, Fencing, and Pasture Management Plan Templates, Michigan NRCS

http://www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/grazing.html