Pasture Monitoring 2013 – Frog Hollow Farm

Published Dec 1, 2013

Livestock farmers who manage animals on pasture face the challenge and opportunity of improving profitability and productivity on what is often a fixed land area. The Hopkins manage a meat goat herd of just over 100 animals. Mike and Cheryl monitored treatments to their pastures, including seeding, grazing, and haying. With continued monitoring, stronger correlations may be drawn between forage species composition as influenced by grazing and seeding,