Grain and Forage from Intermediate Wheatgrass: A New Perennial Grain Crop

Minnesota team: Craig Sheaffer, Jake Jungers, Mitch Hunter, Bradely Heins Michigan team: Sieglinde Snapp, Vicki Morrone and Kim Cassida (Michigan State University) and Hampshire Farm Project Highlights One of the first studies to investigate dual-use of intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) for production of Kernza® grain and forage Sites in Minnesota and Michigan represent a wide gradient…

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Tackling Lameness on Organic Dairy Farms

Gerard Cramer DVM, DVSc Associate professor of Dairy Production Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota 1365 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108 612-625-8184 [email protected] @dairycowfootdoc @DairyKNOW dairyknow.umn.edu/topics cares.dairyknow.umn.edu/best-practices/lameness youtube.com/c/GerardCramerdairycowfootdoc This project was started in 2015 and data collection was completed in May 2017. The project had the following objectives: Describe the incidence of…

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Improving the Profitability of Small Farms in Missouri by Reducing Inputs through the Integration of Farmscaping and Small Ruminants for Insect Pest and Weed Control

Partner Organization: Lincoln University Point of Contact: Dr. Jaime Piñero, Associate Professor / State IPM Specialist 900 Chestnut St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 573-681-5522 Summary This 3-year research / outreach project aimed at developing sustainable, biologically intensive pest management solutions that integrate farmscaping components (trap cropping and insectary plants) with selective small…

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Maximizing Milk Production on Wisconsin Pastures: Lessons from the Paddock

Principal Investigator: Mark Renz University of Wisconsin Extension Weed Specialist 608-263-7437 [email protected] website Abstract Organic dairies that fail to maximize pasture production may have reduced milk production. Pasture management, forage nutritive value, and soil fertility are known to influence milk production, but have not been studied concurrently. We evaluated agronomic and management variables on 20…

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Evaluation of Fodder Systems for Organic Dairy Cattle to Improve Livestock Efficiency

[no_toc]Investigator Bradley Heins, Ph.D. University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center 46352 State Hwy 329 Morris, MN 56267 320-589-1711 [email protected] Collaborators James Paulson, M.S., University of Minnesota Extension, Rochester, MN Project Period: 2013-2016 Report Submitted: January 2017 Problem addressed The number of organic dairies has been steadily growing during the past decade in…

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Dual flow continuous culture fermentation of organic BMR sorghum-sudangrass and teff grass to determine digestibility of forages in an organic dairy grazing system

Investigator: Kathryn E. Ruh, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota [email protected] Collaborators: Bradley Heins, Ph.D., University of Minnesota – WCROC, Morris, MN Project Period: 2015-2016 View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Project Summary Organic dairy cattle must have at least 120 days on pasture and at least 30% of their dry matter intake must come from pasture forage. Typically,…

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Organic anthelmintics in sheep

Graduate student final project report submitted to The Ceres Trust. Project Leader: Kimberly A. Cash, Graduate Student, Lincoln University, Department of Natural Sciences Major Advisor: Dr. Bruce C. Shanks · Lincoln University · Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences · 1220 Chestnut Street, 110 Small Animal Research Facility · Jefferson City, MO 65101 · (573) 681-5382 · [email protected] Collaborators: Harley Naumann, Ph.D · University of Missouri-Columbia · Columbia,…

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Evaluation of different winter housing systems for effects on organic dairy cattle production, health, and well-being

This is a final project report submitted to The Ceres Trust. Investigator: Lucas S. Sjostrom ·Department of Animal Science 205 Haecker Hall, 1364 Eckles Avenue University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108-6118. Telephone 920 691 2154, FAX 612 625 5789 [email protected] Collaborators: Bradley Heins, Ph.D., University of Minnesota – WCROC, Morris Project Period: 2013-2014 View/Download Full Report…

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Use of Mob Grazing and other options for controlling Canada thistle and alleviating losses in forage quality, quantity, and utilization

The CERES Trust 2014 Graduate Student Organic Research Grant Final Report Graduate Student: Anders Gurda, M.S. Agroecology at University Wisconsin-Madison Major Professor: Dr. Mark Renz, Assistant Professor/Extension Weed Specialist, University Wisconsin-Madison, Agronomy Department Collaborators: Dr. Geoff Brink, Research Agronomist, USDA-ARS, US Dairy Forage Research Center; Rambr Emrich, Beef Producer, Hollandale, WI View/Download Full Report in…

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