As the weather warms up, Wisconsin farmers who practice managed grazing to improve their soil health will be moving their livestock around a lot more. Support organizations say another round of federal funds is available. Comments from Margaret Krome, policy director, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute; and Wisconsin dairy farmer Kevin Mahalko
The milk you drink or the beef you eat may have come from a farm that rotates its livestock in a certain way to establish a healthier landscape. Wisconsin farmers who practice managed grazing have another chance for new federal funding. The U-S-D-A has announced 22-million dollars is available for regional networks of farmers who offer peer-to-peer technical assistance on this practice. Managed grazing involves raising and feeding livestock on a pasture and moving them regularly, to allow that section of land to recover. When federal funding was restored last year, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute’s Margaret Krome says the demand was overwhelming.
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