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
Fertilizing With Manure and Other Organic Amendments
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
Pasture/Forage
Grass is King: Protect the Crown (oregonstate.edu)
Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest
Grazing Management that Achieves Multiple-Use Goals: Russ Stingley
Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures and Ranges