Resources
Promotions
- Radio Clips
- FGLC to Attend FCA Convention
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/06/04/fglc-to-attend-fca-convention/ - FL Rancher Pleased with FRESP
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/03/04/fl-rancher-pleased-with-fresp/ - Importance of Conservation Plans
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/01/22/conservation-plans/ - Wildlife Field Day Provides Great Forum
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/03/16/wildlife-field-day-provides-great-forum/ - Radio story featuring Carlos Suarez - GLCI is working in many areas of the country and Florida is encouraging landowners to learn more about how it can work for you. - August 2008
http://southeastagnet.com/2008/08/12/fl-glci-good-for-producers-2/ - GLCI Radio Story Promoting GLCI 2009 Conference and Call For Papers
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/01/01/national-conference-on-grazing-land/ - In one Florida county, an effort has been underway called the Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP), which is the result of a nationally-funded NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant that was awarded to the World Wildlife Fund. In Okeechobee County, the FRESP project is a partnership between ranchers addressing water quality concerns on grazing lands in the northern Everglades, something that excites Jim Handley with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association
http://southeastagnet.com/2009/02/11/fl-cattlemen-excited-about-fresp/
- Useful Resources and Documents
- Managing Grasslands for Profit - Produced by NRCS in cooperation with several partners in July 2000, this 19-page booklet is a guide to grazing management in the Southeast U.S. (8.7 MB)
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/GLTI/technical/publications/managing_grasslands_for_profit.pdf - Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change - Behavioral Principles for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Management. This booklet and companion DVD was written by Dr. Fred Provenza, a professor at Utah State. It explores the interrelationships between plants and grazing/browsing animals.
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/GLTI/technical/publications/behave_foraging_behavior_booklet.html - Prescribed Grazing and Feeding Management for Lactating Dairy Cows
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/GLTI/technical/publications/cow-feeding-mgt.pdf - Working Trees for Livestock - Agroforestry: Silvopasture in the Southeast - A 4-page brochure developed by the National Agroforestry Center. (.41 MB)
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/GLTI/technical/publications/working-trees.pdf