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USDA, ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center Booneville, AR. The mission is to develop technology and scientific principles to enhance profitability and sustainability of small farms. Booneville, Arkansas.
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USDA, ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center Booneville, AR The mission is to develop technology and scientific principles to enhance profitability and sustainability of small farms.
NP-205 Program: Management of southeastern grazing lands and livestock to optimize small farm sustainability • Develop grazing systems for niche meat production • Develop quality forages that bridge the summer gap • Etc.
Goals Specific to Small Ruminants • Organic approach to H. contortus control in sheep and goats • Use of condensed tannin-rich plants to control H. contortus (sericea lespedeza and others) • Copper oxide for H. contortus control
Goals Specific to Small Ruminants • Rotational (mostly bermudagrass/fescue) vs. continuous (bermuda or SL) grazing • Systems approach (combinations of techniques including FAMACHA, COWP, SL, deworming “diets”) • Establishment of browse for goats