Pastures and Forages

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Horticultural Crops (ATTRA)

These resources offer detailed information on production of specific horticultural crops, focusing on sustainable and organic production methods for traditional produce, and also introducing a range of alternative crops and enterprises. In these publications you can find information on strategies for more sustainable greenhouse and field production of everything from lettuce to trees.

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Improving Calf Performance by Extending the Grazing Season with Warm Season Grasses and Brassica Forages

Spring planted warm-season grasses and brassica forages increased nutritional content of the diet available to grazing cow-calf pair, but pastures were slow to establish and weaning weights were not improved.

By Shelby Filley

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Incorporating Grains into a Whole Farm

How to properly incorporate grains into an entire farm. Includes suggestions for rotations on various types of farms.

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Upcoming Events

Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center Event

The Science of Overgrazing and How to Avoid It

Thu, Nov 8, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Pastures can take a beating, but only to a point. In this course you'll learn the ecological theory of pasture plant communities and the detrimental nature of overgrazing (this is some of the most...

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OSU Small Farms Event

Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management

Tue, Jan 22, 2019 6:00 pm - Tue, Mar 5, 2019 8:30 pm

Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management provides farmers with the tools and knowledge needed to develop and manage a successful farm business. This course is intended for people who are considering starting a farm business, those within their first five years of farming and others who may be considering major changes to their farm business.

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Forage

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Is smoke stunting pasture growth?

I'm noting a reduction in the growth of our grass in the pasture. It has slowed down noticeably over the past month. This slowdown is more than normal due to increased temperatures of August. I was wondering if the smoke is having a filtering effect on the light that reaches the ground, particularly...

By Mylen Bohle

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