Quality Pasture: How to Create It, Manage It & Profit From It, 2nd Edition

How to create quality pasture from the soil up This 2nd edition, revised and updated by Jim Gerrish, provides a comprehensive guide to creation and utilization of intensively managed quality pastures for profitable and regenerative grass farming. Gerrish offers down-to-earth, low cost tactics to create high-energy pasture that will reduce or eliminate expensive inputs or purchased feeds for year-round grazing, such as wet weather tips, how to create a drought management plan, matching livestock to climate, and how to extend the grazing season during winter and summer slumps. New chapters cover: * What constitutes quality pasture and how to create it * Forage testing – why it’s important and how to take samples * Pasture irrigation * Grass-based dairying * And so much more!