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Midwest Perennial Forage Working Group
Dairy Grazing

The Working Group Site





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Lead Staff:

Jane Grimsbo Jewett
jewet006@umn.edu
218-845-2832
218-670-0066 (cell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Dairy Grazing
Programs & Organizations


Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship logo


Minnesota Dairy Initiative logo


Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers logo




Center for Dairy Profitability
Grazing Economics Papers

Financial Performance of Wisconsin Grazing, Organic, and Confinement Dairy Farms

Comparing Feed Costs of Wisconsin Grazing and Confinement Dairy Farms

Economics of No-Grain Rations for Lactating Dairy Cows




 

Managed Grazing graphic of milk jugs corn to grass

Midwest Perennial Forage Working Group conducted this project in 2017 - 2018 with funding from USDA-Risk Management Agency.

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Fact Sheets & Slide Sets




title image for Profitability Centers

Spreadsheet image from Profitability Centers on Managed Grazing Dairies




Dairy Grazing production, income, expenses title

farm income comparison chart of 7 grazing dairies and AgFA benchmark data

PPTx of Milk Production, Income, Expenses Charts




Raising dairy heifers with grazing title

Table 1 from grazing dairy heifers paper

PPTx of Grazing Heifers tables




Seasonal Pasture Utilization Charts (PPTX)

charts of seasonal pasture utilization from Durovec farm




Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Insurance title

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Insurance overview image




7 case studies of grazing dairy operations in IL, IA, MN and WI




Durovec Dairy




Haverinen Dairy




Law-Rae Manor Dairy




Paris Family Dairy




Springside Dairy




Tomandl Farms




Wedemeier Dairy




Project Team:

Laura Paine
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
lkpaine@gmail.com

Jane Jewett
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
jewet006@umn.edu

Tom Cadwallader
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
tkcadwallader@gmail.com

Kent Solberg
Sustainable Farming Association of MN
kent@sfa-mn.org

Doug Gucker
University of Illinois Extension
dgucker@illinois.edu

Jim Paulson
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
jim@dga-national.org

 

Support for the Project:

This project is funded by the Risk Management Education Partnership, USDA-Risk Management Agency.

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