Forage Crops

Well-managed pastures are Always the Best Crop for the environment, for the grazing animal, and for you. A well- managed pasture is a dense, healthy crop of grass and legumes that can provide a security blanket for the land, good nutrition for the animal, and more money in your pocket. Achieving a well- managed pasture does not take a big investment. It does require animal and plant knowledge, identification of your goals, some equipment, and practice.

Forage Crops/Pasture Management

Irrigated Forage Crops: Benton and Franklin Counties extension page. Variety trials for alfalfa, timothy, orchard grass, and other forage related resource and publications.

Alfalfa

• Nutrient Management Guide for Dryland and Irrigated Alfalfa in the Inland Northwest (pdf)

Pasture/Forage

• Grass is King: Protect the Crown (oregonstate.edu)
• Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest (pdf)
• Grazing Management that Achieves Multiple-Use Goals: Russ Stingley (pdf)
• Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures and Ranges (pdf)