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Extending the Grazing Season. Conquering the Summer Slump. Forage Research. Fencing Ideas. Weed Control. If you’ve got questions relating to these and other range and pasture topics, there’s plenty of information on the Internet. Here’s a listing of some of the cream of the crop.

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

www.glci.org This website provides links to all nine GLCI member organizations, contact information for GLCI regional coordinators and steering committee members and includes archives of all past issues of the GLCI News. An up-to-date calendar of coming grazing events around the country can be found at the site.

MSU Forage Information Systems

http://www.msue.msu.edu/fis/index.htm - Present and Past Forage Research project summaries, extension bulletins and other publications on forages by Michigan State University are available at this site. Good information to help with grazing decisions in Michigan.

Michigan Crop Weather

http://www.nass.usda.gov/weather/cpcurr/mi-crop-weather - This site is only active during the “official” growing season. It is a great place to get weather data to help determine recent and expected forage growth.

ForageSystemsResearchCenter

http://aes.missouri.edu/fsrc/ - For producers in the central and eastern part of the U.S., this site has a long list of publications in downloadable PDF format. This site has some great practical information on grazing.

Other Universities with great Grazing and Forage Information:

University of Wisconsin Forages - www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/uwforage.htm

Purdue Forage Information - www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/forages/

Oklahoma Forage Extension Publications - www.agr.okstate.edu/forage/publications/forage-pubs.htm

Kansas State Forage website- www.oznet.ksu.edu/pr_forage/

MississippiStateUniversity- http://www2.msstate.edu/~dlang/foragesms.html

Texas A&M - http://intensivegrazing.tamu.edu

OregonStateUniversity Forage Information - http://forages.orst.edu/default.cfm This site has information and links on hay, pasture and silage from across the U.S. It has a great search system within the site.

USDA/NRCS (choose the link of your state)

www.nrcs.usda.gov - This has standards, job sheets and tools on forages and grazing by getting into the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide.

 Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

www.noble.org - The Noble Foundations is a well-known authority on range and pasture research, beef production and ag economics. Just click on the “ag division” box at the bottom of their home page. They have a great plant image gallery, maybe the best on the web.

Hay and Forage Grower Magazine

www.hayandforage.com - This magazine comes out six times a year catering to alfalfa growers. It does offer other timely forage-related issues including those on pasture and grazing.

Pasture Management

www.pasturemanagement.com - This is a common sense how-to website on grazing and grazing management.

AllanSavoryCenter for Holistic Management

www.holosticmanagment.org - This site offers a holistic sustainable management approach toward the whole ranch or farm.

The Ranch

www.dowagro.com/theranch/ - Operated by DowAgroSciences this site includes the most comprehensive database of weeds and management strategies available for range and pasture. Great site for weed control questions.

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas

www.attra.org- This site provides information for “out of the box” thinkers. It is geared towards sustainable farming practices, alternative livestock enterprises and innovative marketing.

Several other organizations provide grazing management information to producers. They include:

National Plants Database

plants.usda.gov/ - Great plant/forage ID helps

Center for Grassland Studies

www.grassland.unl.edu

American Forage&Grassland Council

www.afgc.org

Society for Range Management

www.rangelands.org

U.S. Government Research

www.science.gov

“Tips When Surfing the Net”

1. Often the “research” or “publication” button on a site’s homepage will take you to the most useful information.
2. Always check a site’s “links” button to locate more detailed information.
3. Most sites include contact information for experts in a certain “field” that allows you to call or email these specialists.