NEPC Grazing Guide

The University of Vermont Extension puts out a TV/video series called Across the Fence. The September 19, 2017, episode features Sarah Flack speaking on grazing.

This PA NRCS video produced by Sjoerd Duiker and made possible through a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant, features NW Grazing Specialist Tim Elder and PA GLC Board member/farming innovator Russ Wilson.

The video describes a project in northwestern Pennsylvania. The farmer is using three species of grazing animals and …

The presentations from the 2017 Appalachian Grazing Conference are now viewable online.

Topics include:

• Can fat be healthy?
• Evaluating the cost of lime
• Beyond grandfather’s grasses
• Alternative watering systems for livestock
• The future of grazing
• Soil health in pastures
• Risk management in livestock production
• Pasture quality for pasture finished …

Allen Williams, Gabe Brown and Neil Dennis manage grazing to increase soil carbon and profitability.

SOIL CARBON COWBOYS from Peter Byck on Vimeo.

Case Study: Dairies Using Ultra-high Stocking Density Grazing in New York and Pennsylvania
Dr. Kathy Soder, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA

Full factsheet (PDF)

Ultra-high stocking density (UHSD) grazing, sometimes referred to as “mob grazing”, is characterized by:

• high stocking density (units bodyweight …