{"id":3098,"date":"2014-05-08T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T13:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/?page_id=3098"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:33:10","slug":"resources-and-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/pasture-course\/lesson-1\/resources-and-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources and Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>(Lesson 1. Planning a Grazing System continued)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whole Farm Planning; Combining Family, Profit and Environment<\/strong>, BU-6985-GO1998, David Mulla, Les Everett, and Gigi DiGicomo, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. Source: The Minnesota Distribution Center, 405 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Avenue University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108-6068, 651.645.6159.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prescribed Grazing and Feed Management for Lactating Dairy Cows<\/strong>, Karen H. Sullivan, Robert DeClue, Darrell L. Emmick. Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Syracuse, New York, January 2000.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pastures for Profit, A Guide to Rotational Grazing<\/strong>, Dan Undersander, Beth Albert, Dennis Cosgrove, Dennis Johnson, and Paul Peterson.\u00a0 Publication A3529, University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension Publications, 45 North Charter Street Madison, WI 53715; 608.262.3346.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence<\/strong>, Bill Murphy. Source: Arriba Publishing, Middle Rd., Colchester, VT, 05446. 1.800.639.4178.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making<\/strong>, Allan Savory with Jody Butterfield, Island Press, 1999, 612 pages. Holistic Management, it considers humans, their economies, and the environment as inseparable. At the heart of the approach lies a simple testing process that enables people to make decisions that simultaneously consider economic, social, and environmental realities, both short-and long-term. 1998, 616 pages, Island Press.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Monitoring Tool Box: 1998<\/strong>; 161 pages; Land Stewardship Project, 180 E. Main St., P.O. Box 130, Lewiston, MN 55952. 507.523.3366. This guide is for farmers and other land owners interested in learning easy-to-use techniques for monitoring the impact of management decisions on their land, finances and family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Managed Grazing Videos: Introduction, Animal Management, Fencing and Watering, Year Around Resource Management, &amp; Managing Pasture Plants<\/strong>. Source: University of Maine Cooperative Extension \u00a0Office, 207.581.2787 or in Maine 1.800.287.7170 or Iowa State University, Attn: Donna Watson, 337 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IRM Desk Record Source: National Cattlemen\u2019s Beef Association<\/strong>, P.O. Box 3469, Englewood, CO 80155, 303.694.0305.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beef Farm Sustainability Checklist<\/strong>. Source: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 1.800.346.9140.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable Sheep Production: Livestock Production Guide<\/strong>. Source: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 1.800.346.9140.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable Goat Production: Overview<\/strong>. Source: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 1.800.346.9140.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multispecies Grazing<\/strong>. Source: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702, 1.800.346.9140.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/1006e\/\"><strong>Pasture and Hay for Horses<\/strong><\/a>, equine fact sheet explaining nutrient balances, pasturing, types of hay, and forage concerns, #1006, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME\u00a0 04469, 207.581.2791 or in Maine 1.800.287.7170.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planning Fencing Systems for Intensive Grazing Management<\/strong>, L. W. Turner, et. al. University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension, Lexington, KY ID-74, 1997.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Managed Grazing Video Tapes<\/strong> from Iowa State University Extension, Ames, Iowa. Can be borrowed from the UMaine Extension Livestock Office, Hitchner Hall, Orono, 207.581.2787 or in Maine 1.800.287.7170.\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<li>Animal Management<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<li>Fencing and Watering<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<li>Year Around Resource Management<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<li>Managing Pasture Plants<i> <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Adapted by <\/i> <i>Donna Lamb<\/i> <i> and Ken Andries from <\/i>Planning a Grazing System: Assessing Resources and Setting Goals &#8211; Lesson 1<i>, University of Minnesota, Beef Education Series, Pasture Management Home Study Course<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maribel Fernandez, Minnesota, Extension Educator, Livestock Systems<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Johnson, West Central Experiment Station, University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\">Visit University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/site\/me\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Maine Natural Resources Conservation Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Click on the link below to finish Lesson 1:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"subpages\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/pasture-course\/lesson-1\/quiz\/\">Lesson 1 Quiz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Lesson 1. 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