Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations - Education & Training
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Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations
Highlights
Federal and State information, multimedia resources, educational tools, and other materials for the education and training needs of pasture, rangeland, and grazing operations.
- Information from USDA
- Information from Bureau of Land Management
- Information from Educational Institutions
- Ag 101 - An introduction to American agriculture that covers the primary commodities produced today and the methods of doing so.
Information from USDA
Information from Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Fact Sheet on the BLM’s Management of Livestock Grazing
- List of Technical References for Rangeland and Pastures
Information
from Educational Institutions
- Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) Curriculum Small Farm Fact Sheets
- Small-Scale Farmers and the Environment: How to be a Good Steward (PDF) (13 pp, 469K)
- Spanish - Small-Scale Farmers and the Environment: How to be a Good Steward (Cómo proteger el medio ambiente en los ranchos y granjas pequeños) (PDF) (15 pp, 472K)
- The ABCs of Pasture Grazing (PDF) (12 pp, 525K)
- Spanish - The ABCs of Pasture Grazing (El abecé del pastoreo) (PDF) (14 pp, 514K)
- Manure on Your Farm: Asset or Liability? (PDF) (11 pp, 435K)
- Protecting the Water on Your Small Farm (PDF) (9 pp, 389K)
- Managing Animal Deaths: Your Options (PDF) (10 pp, 530K)
- Got Barnyard Runoff? (PDF) (11 pp, 459K)
- A Horse Owner’s Guide to Good Stewardship (PDF) (11 pp, 476K)
- Need a Vegetative Treatment System for Your Barnyard or Lot? (PDF) (14 pp, 464K)
- The ABCs of Livestock Watering Systems (PDF) (12 pp, 448K)
- The ABCs of Electric Livestock Fencing (PDF) (12 pp, 578K)
- University of Arizona
- Arizona Rangelands
- University of California
- Livestock Production and Management
- Range Improvements and Management
- Rangeland Hydrology, Nonpoint Source Pollution, and Water Quality
- Oak Woodland /Range Management
- Clemson University
- Establishment of Tall Fescue (PDF)
- Cornell University
- Forage-Livestock Systems
- Kansas State University
- KSU Grassland Water Quality Website
- University of Missouri
- Forage Systems Research Center
- Grazing Alfalfa Successfully
- Montana State University
- Animal and Range Science Extension Service: Natural Resources Links/Small Acreage Landowner Teaching Materials
- University of Nebraska
- Center for Grassland Studies - Oregon State University
- Forage Information System
- Pennsylvania State University
- Forages
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Controlled Grazing of Virginia's Pastures
- Establishing and Managing Caucasian Bluestem
- Growing Small Grains for Forage in Virginia
- Hay as a Part of a Cowherd Production System
- Managing Virginia's Steep Pastures
- No-Till Seeding of Forage Grasses and Legumes
- Pasture & Forage - Crops & Soils Publications and Resources
- Planting and Managing Switchgrass for Forage, Wildlife, and Conservation
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