INCREASING PROFITS WITH LIVESTOCK
- Increasing pasture productivity naturally through ecological processes rather than expensive fertilizers
- Reducing hay costs during winter and summer without sacrificing animal condition
- Developing mob grazing/high-intensity short-duration grazing systems
- Calculating above-ground net primary productivity of a pasture
- Managing grazing to increase soil organic matter and fertility
- Developing plans to improve cattle distribution, carrying capacity, and daily gains on a pasture
- Calculating site-specific carrying capacity
- Planning the time, timing, and duration of grazing to maximize animal body condition while maintaining pasture vigor, soil health, and sequestering carbon
- Pasture condition scoring to assist in long-term pasture management planning
- Assistance planning for the integration of native warm-season grasses in the Mid-Atlantic and South for livestock grazing and wildlife habitat
- Coming soon: training livestock (excluding horses) to eat weedy species, using scientifically-verified training methods pioneered in Utah State University's BEHAVE program