ForagesMajor Program

17247.6

Total Hours

Contributed.

75634

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

735

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

183

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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

875

Number of producers who used temporary fencing  

3587

Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan

1608

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

4699

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

9438

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

141336

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

251

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