Grazing and Pasture Systems

Cows eating green grass.

Management

Best Management Practices for Dairy Grazing
Pasture Management Guide, 104 pgs, color, Order form
A guide to 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)

Economics

Estimated costs of pasture and hay production (pdf)
Iowa farm 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

Planning Fencing Systems (pdf)
Watering Systems for Grazing Livestock (pdf)

Additional Resources

University of Wisconsin Extension Forage Page

Legumes

Grasses

Native Forages

Warm-season grasses for hay and pasture (pdf)
Establishment and management of switchgrass (pdf)
Grasses of Iowa
Extending the grazing season (pdf)