Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Completed Competitive Grant

Incorporating native plant communities on farms for forage and wildlife

Project ID: 1996-74

Abstract

Rotational grazing systems have potential to reduce soil loss and fossil fuel use, and may increase biodiversity by providing a wildlife habitat. Establishing native, warm-season plant communities based on the region's native tallgrass prairie ecosystem as part of a rotational grazing system would benefit graziers by offering higher drought tolerance and pasture production levels in the midsummer months.

Lead investigator: Laura Jackson, University of Northern Iowa, et al

Year of grant completion: 1999

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Animal management and forage, Wildlife and recreation