ISU Dairy Team

• Grazing Forage Variety Trials
• Management
• Fencing, Watering, Lanes
• Research
• Forage Identification and Characteristics
• Soil Fertility
• Pest Management
• Grazing Networks & Pasture Walk Schedules

 

Grazing and Pasture Systems

• Grazing Forage Variety Trials
  • University of Wisconsin Extension
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Kentucky
  • Iowa State University 2002 summary (pdf)

Management

• Livestock
  • Dairy
    • Low cost parlors
      Remodel (pdf)
  • Beef
    Goats
    Sheep
    • The Ins and Outs of Pasture Lambing (pdf)
  • Horses
    • Pastures for horses (pdf)
    • Grazing management at a glance
    • Plants poisonous to horses
• Forages
  • General Management
    • Pasture Management Guide, 104 pgs, color, Order form
    • A guide to rotational grazing (pdf)
    • Basic steps of rotational grazing (pdf)
      Improving Pasture by Frost Seeding (pdf)
      Interseeding and No-till Pasture Renovation (pdf)
      Stockpiled forages (pdf)
      Guide for year-round forage supply (pdf)
      Estimating available pasture forage (pdf)
      Supplementing stocker cattle on pasture
      Grazing streamside pastures (pdf)
      Grassland birds in rotational grazing (pdf)
  • Legumes
    • Grazing alfalfa (pdf)
    • Birdsfoot trefoil for grazing and harvested forage (pdf)
      Birdsfoot trefoil (pdf)
      Experiences with Kura Clover
      Red clover (pdf)
      Red clover in the 21st century
      White clover for pastures
      White clover (pdf)
  • Grasses
    • Kentucky bluegrass (pdf)
    • Prairie grass (pdf)
      Orchardgrass (pdf)
      Reed canarygrass (pdf)
      Reed canarygrass
      Ryegrass (pdf)
      Ryegrass types for pasture and hay
      Overseeding ryegrass on pasture
      Smooth bromegrass (pdf)
      Summer annual grasses (pdf)
      Tall fescue (pdf)
    • Timothy (pdf)
  • Native forages
    • Warm-season grasses for hay and pasture (pdf)
    • Establishment and management of switchgrass
    • Grasses of Iowa
    • Landowners guide to prairie management (pdf)
  • Alternative forages
    • Emergency planting forages
    • Alternate forage crops
    • Alternative field crops manual
    • Use of brassica crops in grazing systems
    • Use of brassicas to extend grazing (pdf)
    • Chicory (pdf)
    • Extending the grazing season (pdf)
    • Sorghum and sudangrass hybrids for forage
  • Economics
    • Pricing forage in the field (pdf)
    • Estimated costs of pasture and hay production (pdf)
    • Iowa farm custom rate survey (pdf)
    • Natural resources custom rate survey (pdf)
    • Estimating cash rental rates for farmland (pdf)
    • Survey of cash rental rates for farmland (pdf)
    • Survey of Iowa farmland value (pdf)

Fencing, Watering, Lanes

• Pasture Management Guide, 104 pgs, color, Order form (pdf)
• Photos of fencing
• Planning Fencing Systems (pdf)
• Fencing Information (design, grounding, troubleshoot, etc.)
• Fence Planning for Horses (pdf)
• Estimating Fencing Costs
• Photos of watering
• Watering Systems for Grazing Livestock (pdf)
• Punps and Watering Systems (pdf)
• Using Geotextile Fabric in Livestock Operations

Research

• Breeding grazing tolerant alfalfa
• Selecting grazing tolerant species

Forage Identification and Characteristics

• Identifying forage grasses (pdf)
• Identifying forage legumes (pdf)
• Selecting forage species (pdf)
• How pasture plants grow (pdf)
• Alfalfa seedling development and growth (pdf)

Soil Fertility

• Take a good soil test (pdf)
• Soil sample information sheet (pdf)
• Crop nutrient and limestone recommendations (pdf)
• Iowa Department of Agriculture Feed and Fertilizer Bureau
  • Certified Soil Testing Laboratories
  • Ag Limestone Quarry Certification Report
• Fertilizing Pastures (pdf)
• Nitrogen management for grass pastures

Pest Management

• Insects
  • Insect identification request form (pdf)
• Disease
  • Plant disease identification form (pdf)
  • Crown and Root Diseases of Alfalfa (pdf)
  • Aphanomyces Race II
  • Alfalfa leaf diseases (article)
  • Combating Rust in Grass (pdf)
  • Rust on Orchardgrass and Ryegrass
• Weeds
  • Weed ID, Weed control guides, and Herbicide product labels
  • Multiflora Rose management (pdf)
  • Common poisonous plants
  • Complete list of poisonous plants and photos
    

Grazing Networks & Pasture Walk Schedules

• The purpose of a grazing network (pdf)
• Northeast Iowa Graziers Pasture Walks
• Great River Graziers Pasture Walks
• Great Lakes Grazing Network
• GrassWorks Inc.