Links
Georgia-Specific Sites:
- GeorgiaForages.com – The primary information source for all forage management information in Georgia.
- Georgia Grazing Lands Conservation Coalition (GGLCC) – A steering committee of livestock and forage producers that represent some of the strongest and most active conservation and producer groups in Georgia. The GGLCC is the local arm of the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
- USDA-NRCS – Georgia State Office – This is a direct link to the NRCS’s state office. Updated information about cost-share programs for grazingland management is kept here.
Dairy-Specific Resources:
- SoutheastDairyExtension.org – A diverse and informative website that provides all kinds of dairy management information that is relevant to farms across the Southeast.
- Profitable Grazing-Based Dairy Systems – This document is intended to support and encourage the start-up of grazing-based dairy farms across the Nation.
- Center for Dairy Profitability - This Center at the University of Wisconsin provides a diverse selection of information on dairy business management, human resource management, production systems, finance and marketing systems that enhance dairy profitability. They also provide the webpage for the Great Lakes Grazing Network.
- ProGrassTinators.com - The Pro-Grass-Tinators is a group of pasture-based dairy producers from across the country. They seek to improve each other's operations by exchanging information and experiences.
- Pasture Based Dairies in Missouri - Dairy-centered grazing research at the University of Missouri.
Other Service and Public Institutions:
- Rotational Grazing – A publication produced by Extension Specialists at the University of Kentucky that is one of the most thorough informational bulletin on managed grazing.
- Controlled Grazing of Virginia Pastures – A veritable treasure of grazing management principles in an easy to read and understand format.
- Terminology for Grazing Lands and Grazing Animals – The online source for clear definitions of the many grazing terms.
- Intensive Grazing @ TAMU - An extensive look at the practice of intensive grazing via Texas A&M University.
- Managing Grasslands For Profit - Produced by NRCS in cooperation with several partners in July 2000, this 19-page booklet is a guide to grazing management in the Southeast U.S.
- Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring - Developed by the NRCS in May 2001, this guide is used to inform landowners as well as professionals of the 10 indicators of pasture condition and the 6 causative factors affecting plant vigor with a procedure to assess each indicator.
Grazing-Related Publications
- Graze - This is a monthly publication devoted to promoting management-intensive grazing and family-scale livestock farms and is published by Joel and Ruth McNair, Wisconsin farmers and journalists.
- Stockman Grass Farmer - This is a periodical on management-intensive grazing issues and markets and is published by Allan Nation, an agricultural reporter and author of several grazing management books and publications.
