Tag Archives: PA
Linking pasture and animal processes
Let’s allocate the pasture in the afternoon Dr. Kathy Soder USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA printable PDF version The problem Grazing enterprise profitability is greatly influenced by the plant/ animal relationship. However, grazing managements … Continue reading
Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Sequestration in Mature Humid-Temperate Pastures Howard Skinner, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA Printable version Background Decades of plowing have depleted organic carbon stocks in many agricultural soils. Conversion of plowed fields to pasture … Continue reading
Drought Tolerance
Managing Intensively Grazed Pastures: Improving Drought Tolerance Howard Skinner, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA Printable version Background Reduced forage production on pastures during periods of summer drought presets a significant risk to producers who … 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
Phosphorus management
INTEGRATE CHEMICAL AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES FOR PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS Project Number: 1902-13000-006-00D Researchers: Sharpley, A. N.; Gburek, W. J.; Pionke, H. B. Start Date: 01-Jan-96 End Date: 31-Dec-98 Performing Institution: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA 16802 Research … Continue reading
Total Mixed Rations for Pasture-Based Dairy Systems
Incorporating a Total Mixed Ration into Pasture-Based Dairy Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? Kathy Soder, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research Unit University Park, PA Printable version (PDF) Background Feeding dairy cows on pasture challenges nutritionists and producers … Continue reading
Total Mixed Ration Use
A Survey of Total Mixed Ration Use on Pasture-based Dairy Farms in New York and Pennsylvania Kathy Soder, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research Unit University Park, PA Printable version including tables (PDF) Background Feeding dairy cows on pasture … 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
Pasture Assessment in the Northeast
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
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