ARS Research: No Harm to Soils When Cattle Graze Cover Crops

USDA-ARS researchers working in the southeast report on outcomes of a 7 year study on potential benefits and impacts of grazing cover crops with cattle in the most February 2015 issue of Agricultural Research. Researchers were interested in whether opportunities to include cover crops for grazing would increase overall use of cover crops on southeastern USA farms.

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New SARE Factsheet Offers Ideas on Alternative Dairy Forage Systems

Dairy farmers who are considering their options for increasing flexibility in their forage production systems may want to review a new SARE factsheet, Alternative Continuous-Cover Dairy Forage System for Profitability, Flexibility and Soil Health. In a SARE-funded study in New York, a cooperative team of farmers, researchers and consultants addressed these constraints in dairy farm […]

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