Tag Archives: ME
Ruminant Animal Production Using Tyfon, Forage Brassica
Ruminant Animal Production Using Tyfon, Forage Brassica Project Number: LNE89-12 (USDA-SARE Program) Principal Investigators: Mary Wiedenhoeft and Barbara A. Barton Performing Institution: University of Maine The major costs of Livestock operations in the Northeast are the purchase, production, and handling … Continue reading
Cost and Returns to Organic Dairy Farming
Cost and Returns to Organic Dairy Farming in Maine and Vermont for 2004 Timothy J. Dalton, Lisa A. Bragg, Rick Kersbergen, Robert Parsons, Glenn Rogers, Dennis Kauppila, Qingbin Wang University of Maine Department of Resource Economics and Policy Staff Paper … Continue reading
Pasture Assessment
Pasture Assessment in the Northeast United States Matt A. Sanderson, Sarah C. Goslee, and James B. Cropper USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, Building 3702 Curtin Road, University Park, PA. USDA-NRCS East NTSC, Greensboro, NC 27401. Many livestock … Continue reading
Pasture Plant Communities
Pasture Plant Communities in the Northeast Sarah Goslee, Matt Sanderson and Jeff Gonet USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, Univ. Park, PA 16802 Pastures are important to the economy of the northeastern United States, but we still don’t … Continue reading
Pastureland Literature Synthesis
As part of the joint USDA-NRCS, USDA-ARS and University collaboration on Grazingland CEAP (Conservation Effects Assessment Project), a detailed survey of existing scientific literature on conservation practices in pasture was compiled. The project, edited by Dr. Jerry Nelson, covered four … Continue reading
New multi-state organic dairy research
From the press release: Researchers from the University of New Hampshire are leading a multi-state project that aims to help organic dairy farmers better produce and market their milk. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) … Continue reading
Pasture plant communities in the Northeast
Pasture plant communities in the Northeast By Sarah Goslee, Matt Sanderson and Jeff Gonet, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, Univ. Park, PA printable version with tables Pastures are important to the economy of the northeastern United States, … Continue reading
Pasture diversity and management
Pasture diversity and management By Sarah Goslee, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA printable version Background There are 120 million acres of pasture in the United States, along with 406 million acres of rangeland and … Continue reading