Forage Research - Organic Production

Forages and Livestock Forages in Crop Rotations Forage Nutrients and Soil Quality Forage Stand Management Forages and Weeds

Forages and Livestock

• Annual and seasonal changes in production and composition of grazed clover-grass mixtures in organic farming
• Biomass production and feeding value of whole-crop cereal-legume silages
• Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets
• Conversion Strategies for Stockless Organic Systems
• Experimental improvement of cow milk fatty acid composition in organic winter diets
• Grazing and Greenhouse Gases: Is the forage-fed ruminant a global warming scapegoat?
• Incorporating native plants into multifunctional prairie pastures for organic cow–calf operations
• Increasing the concentrations of beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk produced by dairy cows in high-forage systems

• Integrated Crop/Livestock Agriculture in the United States: A Review
• Integrated forage and livestock production (DNK)
• Integrating green manure and grazing systems: A review
• Italian ryegrass silage in winter feeding of organic dairy cows: forage intake, milk yield and composition
• Livestock and Forages: Essentials of Organic Farming?
• Nitrogen Availability in an Organic Potato Crop Following 3-Year Transition under Contrasting Farming Systems 
• Nitrogen supply in stockless organic cereal production under northern temperate conditions
• Partner Farms: Understanding the Importance of Grass-Clover in both Livestock and Arable Production

• Studies on Soil Sustainability: The Effect of Forages and Livestock in Organic Agricultural Systems
• The suitability of cool-and warm-season annual cereal species for winter grazing in Saskatchewan
• Sweet forages and organic milk: Quite a sustainable combination!?!

Forages in Crop Rotations

• NEW!! Legume based plant mixtures for delivery of multiple ecosystem services: An overview of benefits
• Biological nitrogen fixation in mixed legume-cereal cropping systems
• Biological nitrogen fixation in mixed legume/grass pastures
• Decomposition and nitrogen mineralization from legumes and non-legume crop residue
• Dinitrogen fixation and transfer in legume-crested wheatgrass mixtures on semiarid rangelands
• Dry matter and nitrogen accumulation by three leguminous green manure species and the yield of a following winter wheat crop in an organic production system
• Effect of sweetclover cultivars and management practices on following weed infestations and wheat yield
• Influence of annual forages on weed dynamics

• Influence of ley duration on the yield and quality of the subsequent cereal crop (spring oats) in an organically managed long-term crop rotation experiment
• Influence of organic management with different crop rotations on selected productivity parameters in a long-term Canadian field study
• Legume cover crops with winter cereals in southern Manitoba: Fertilizer replacement values for oat
• Legume cover crops with winter cereals in southern Manitoba: Establishment, productivity, and microclimate effects
• Managing Annual Green Manures to Improve Yield and Soil Health in Organic Production Systems
• Managing white clover living mulch for sweet corn production with partial rototilling
• Organic Forage Crop Production in Atlantic Zones: an Ecophysiological Approach
• Pea green manure management affects organic winter wheat yield and quality in semiarid Montana

• Potential of Forages to Diversify Cropping Systems
• The potential role of annual forage legumes in Canada: A review
• Potential Value of Different Nurse Crops for Organic Systems and their Influence on the Undersown Swards
• Preliminary trials using a white clover understorey to supply the nitrogen requirements of a cereal
• Rotational benefits of forage crops in prairie cropping systems
• Synchrony between legume nitrogen release and corn demand in the upper Midwest

Forage Nutrients and Soil Quality

• Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to utilization of organic sources of phosphorus by red clover in a calcareous soil
• Earthworm abundance and species composition in organic forage production systems of northern Colorado receiving different soil amendments
• Fertilization and mowing effects on unimproved mixed-species hayfields in Québec, Canada
• Forage Mulch as a Multifunctional Tool in Organic Wheat Production
• Green manure and phosphate rock effects on phosphorus availability in a northern Great Plains dryland organic cropping system
• Growth and N Supply from Legume Cover Crops in Organic Rye and Wheat Production
• The influence of a long-term black medic cover crop on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization and nutrient uptake in flax under zero-tillage management
• Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses

• Nitrogen Availability from Composts for Humid Region Perennial Grass and Legume–Grass Forage Production (NS,ON)
• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants
• Potassium uptake and requirement in organic grassland farming
• Repeated use of green-manure catch crops in organic cereal production - grain yields and nitrogen supply
• Soil community changes during secondary succession to naturalized grasslands
• Soil Physical Properties and Organic Matter Fractions Under Forages Receiving Composts, Manure or Fertilizer (NS,ON)
• Studies on Soil Sustainability: The Effect of Forages and Livestock in Organic Agricultural Systems
• Water use by annual green manure legumes in dryland cropping systems

Forage Stand Management

• Effects of pre-treatment, renovation procedure and cultivar on the growth of white clover sown into a permanent pasture under both grazing and mowing regimes
• Evaluation of Acetic Acid as a Thistle Top-killer on Pastures (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• The growth of white clover seeded into a permanent pasture under both grazing and mowing regimes
• Nitrous oxide emissions from organic farming: the importance of well-timed ley cultivation
• Selection for Dry Bean Yield On-Station Versus On-Farm Conventional and Organic Production Systems

Forages and Weeds

• Influence of annual forages on weed dynamics

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