Forage Pasture Rural Development 
ATTRA
APRIL 23, 2024
The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. You look out over the field and imagine the herd pushing into a paddock, into a knee-high sward, and they immediately lower their heads, bite, and jerk their necks, ripping mouthfuls of nutritious forage from the ground.
ATTRA
APRIL 2, 2024
Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.
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ATTRA
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Causes of Compaction There are generally two major causes of soil compaction on pastures: hoof impact and overgrazing. Research has shown that the amount of root exudates was lowest when: 1) leaves were removed in the vegetative phase (phase one); and 2) when plants were grazed severely (close to the pasture surface).
ATTRA
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Leyla Rios, both of MSU Extension, strives to better understand forage present and soil health results from the implementation of conservation practices through an HMI framework. Dr. Lemus has been crucial in assisting the livestock producers across Mississippi understand the needs of each individual pasture toward better soil health.
The Equation
AUGUST 10, 2023
Last fall, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and more than 150 other organizations, including nutrition, sustainable farming, rural development, racial equity, labor, and environmental groups, sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging him to prod Congress to pass a new farm bill this year that transforms the US food system.
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