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Birdsfoot Trefoil in Irrigated Pastures: Northern Great Basin Pasture Systems Can Benefit From Legume Interseeding

Nitrogen-deficient pastures in the West can benefit from the addition of alternative legumes to complement existing grasses. Birdsfoot trefoil is a highly palatable legume that doesn't cause bloat. Its condensed tannin...

Fara Brummer, Serkan Ates, David Hannaway | Apr 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Doctor Range

This is a free site designed to bring natural resources information (Agroforestry, Plant Ecology, Inventory and Monitoring, Range Management, and Natural Resources) out of the university classroom and onto the screens of interested viewers around the world. Topics will be chosen for their general interest and practical implications for a non-technical audience.

S.H. Sharrow | Oct 2020 | Online resource

Services - Hay and Pasture

A list of resources for producers wanting to learn more about hay and pastures.

Aug 2019 | Collection

Mud and Manure Management Resources for Small Farms

Publications and documents demonstrating the art of Mud and Manure Management for the pastures and forage crop. These contain useful information that are important when managing and producing livestock on pasture.

Jul 2018 | Collection

Pasture renovation tips for western Oregon ranchers

Renovating and reseeding a pasture requires time, money and a little luck. There are many ways to go about it, but if you begin the planning process in the spring, you’ll thank yourself in the fall.

Melissa Fery | Dec 2009 | Article

Rotational Grazing

Rotational grazing is periodically moving livestock to fresh paddocks, to allow pastures to regrow. Rotational grazing requires skillful decisions and close monitoring of their consequences. Modern electric fencing and innovative water-delivery devices are important tools. Feed costs decline and animal health improves when animals harvest their own feed in a well-managed rotational grazing system.

Alice Beetz | Nov 2004 | Online resource