ForagesMajor Program

2517

Total Hours

Contributed.

5924

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

20

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

9

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing

5

Number of producers who improved and/or used temporary fencing  

38

Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan

29

Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage  

94

Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species

121

Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials  

6

Number of people who gained knowledge of forage production, management and/or profitability which could include species, best management practices for species, forage harvest and storage, pasture renovation

172

Stories Behind the Numbers

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