Browsing by Author "Daniel, J. B."

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    Converting pastures to native warm season grasses: forage for drought in Bedford county
    Pent, Gabriel J.; Daniel, J. B. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)
    Warm season grasses are most productive during summer months and have the potential to fill a large forage production gap in the southeastern US, known as the "summer slump." Native warm season grasses are well adapted to theis region's climate and soils, maintaining high productivity even in the summer months and with minimal inputs. Their deep rooting potential also has value for carbon sequestration.
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    Converting pastures to native warm season grasses: Summer forage and wildlife habitat in Caroline County
    Pent, Gabriel J.; Daniel, J. B. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2021-03-01)
    Native grasses can provide forage for cattle and habitat for wildlife. This publication provides a farmer's perspective on converting a tall fescue pasture to native warm season grasses.
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    Creating silvopastures – Some considerations when planting trees into pastures
    Fike, John H.; Downing, Adam K.; Munsell, John F.; Frey, Gregory E.; Mercier, Kelly; Pent, Gabriel J.; Teutsch, Christopher D.; Daniel, J. B.; Fisher, K. Jason; Adams, Miller; Groh, Todd (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2017)
    Silvopastures — integrated tree-forage-livestock production systems — have the potential to boost farm resource use and income. These systems take advantage of the beneficial interactions among system components, add biodiversity, and increase animal comfort. The intentional and careful combining of trees and livestock in time and space can yield both short-and long-term returns and have positive environmental outcomes. In well-managed silvopasture systems, trees can reduce livestock stress by protecting them from inclement weather or by reducing ambient temperatures and radiation. They can provide marketable timber and nontimber products and improve environmental quality by reducing water runoff and capturing nutrients and by reducing animal use of surface waters.
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    Creating Silvopastures: Some Considerations When Thinning Existing Timber Stands
    Fike, John H.; Downing, Adam K.; Munsell, John F.; Daniel, J. B.; Teutsch, Christopher D.; Mercier, Kelly; Pent, Gabriel J. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2016-09-30)
    Discusses the concept of silvopastures, the inclusion of trees with forage and livestock production in a rotational grazing system. This system can improve forage production, animal comfort, increase farm resource use efficiency, increase farm income, and reduce environmental costs. This system is also more sustainable.