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Description: Join eOrganic for a free Webinar on September 16 at 2 P.M. Eastern Time (1 P.M. Central, 12 Noon Mountain, 11 A.M. Pacific.) Registration is required at http://www.extension.org/article/28807
About the Webinar
On February 12, 2010, the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) published a final rule that establishes pasture standards for organic livestock. The Access to Pasture rule specifies that organic milk and meat products come from organically-raised animals that are actively grazing on pasture. The rule requires that these animals' diets consist of at least 30% dry matter intake from pasture grazed during grazing season, and that the grazing season is at least 120 days.
In this webinar, USDA NRCS animal scientist Karen Hoffman will describe how organic dairy farmers can maximize dry matter intake from the pasture. She will describe the connection among milk production, a cow's rumen and pasture quality, including plant density, number of tillers/plant, pasture height, and species composition. She'll take a look at protein and energy relationships in the pasture and ways to balance them to enhance dry matter intake and encourage high animal performance.
