Success StoryFarm Efficiency Improvements
Farm Efficiency Improvements
Author: Beau Neal
Planning Unit: Woodford County CES
Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation
Plan of Work: Sustainable Agriculture
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Overgrazing of pastures and lack of weed control has been a continual problem on cattle farms both locally and regionally. The purpose of of educating producers on the benefits of rotational grazing is to remedy these issues. Farmers who were lacking in these efficiency practices were targeted during the cost share program timeline and throughout farm visits with producers. Weed control improved, grass stand improved, water preservation improved, and stocking rate increased. Tools used for implementing this were fencing and waterers for rotational grazing. These practices, put into place, will allow producers to rotate cattle out of fields to rest them, thus increasing forage production along with all the benefits mentioned previously. This will allow these operations to be more sustainable and profitable in the future.
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