Category: Livestock
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Posted on January 4, 2000
Dairy grazing can provide good financial return (Research Brief #50)
An ongoing financial study of farms that use management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) shows that generation of income is the main factor separating the farms […]
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Posted on January 3, 2000
Wisconsin grazing networks: a status report (Research Brief #49)
Grazing networks have played an important role in the adoption of grass farming in Wisconsin. A grazing network is a group of people, usually within […]
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Posted on January 2, 2000
Echineacea as a tobacco crop alternative (Research Brief #48)
Many Wisconsin tobacco farmers are looking for alternative crops following the ongoing reductions in tobacco allotments and tobacco markets. Allotment reductions mean lower production levels […]
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Posted on January 1, 2000
Annual ryegrass trial shows limits, promise (Research Brief #47)
Late maturing varieties of annual (Italian) ryegrass hold some potential for pastures in a management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) system. However, in a 1997-98 on-farm […]
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Posted on December 2, 1999
Pastured poultry study addresses broad range of issues (Research Brief #46)
Farmers wishing to capitalize on the trend of increased consumption of white meat can consider raising chickens. But for many, a conventional commercial chicken operation’s […]
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Posted on December 1, 1999
Composted manures offer yield and disease resistance benefits (Research Brief #45)
Composted manures offer promise as beneficial soil amendments for vegetable growers. New research results show that composted manures can increase vegetable yield, influence crop diseases, […]
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Posted on September 3, 1999
Diversity pays off on cash grain farms (Research Brief #44)
Cash grain farmers can improve their bottom line by diversifying crops and reducing chemical inputs, according to a cropping systems trial now in its eighth […]
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Posted on January 4, 1999
Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy Farmers (Research Brief #37)
Wisconsin has suffered dramatic losses in numbers of dairy farms. While the decrease in part includes large numbers of retiring dairy farmers, the lack of […]
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Posted on January 3, 1999
Stocker cattle convert pasture to profits (Research Brief #36)
Purchasing calves (stockers) in spring and selling them in the fall as feeder cattle may be a way to convert pasture to profit for those […]
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Posted on January 2, 1999
Outwintering dairy cattle: the fate of manure components (Research Brief #35)
Farmers who wish to outwinter their cattle to decrease facility and labor costs can do so in environmentally sound ways. In a study conducted during […]