FORAGES

Hay Quality and Storage

• What About Hay.
  R. Machen. Texas A&M. Pub # ASWEB – 079
  http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/sheeppubs/ASWeb079-goathaypdf.pdf
  

Grazing and Pasture Management

• Goat-Pasture Renovation Study.
  Tony Shirley and Terry Hutchens. University of Kentucky
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/pubs/GoatPastureRenovationStudy.pdf
• Successful Renovation of Tall Fescue with Serecia Lespedeza and Brown Tyne Chicory 2004-2005.
  Terry Hutchens. University of Kentucky (G10407)
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/pubs/RenovationTallFescueSereciaLespedezaG10407.pdf
• Goat Friendly Pasture Project Report from Pulaski County Kentucky 2003.
  Terry Hutchens, Monty Chappell, Keenan Turner, Tim Burton, Gil Myers. University of Kentucky
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/pubs/goatfriendlysare04.pdf
• Forage Needs and Grazing Management for Goat in the Humid South.
  J-M Luginbuhl. NC Cooperative Extension Service. Pub # ANS 00-604-MG
• Winter Annual Forages: Grazing Experiment Progress Report - Meat Goats and Forage Systems.
  J-M Luginbuhl. NC Cooperative Extension Service. Oct 1998
  http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/animal/meatgoat/MGForage.htm
• Interpreting Grazing Behavior.
  R. K. Lyons and R. V. Mach. Texas A & M. December 1, 2000 Pub # L-5385
  http://rangeweb.tamu.edu/extension/rangedetect/l5385_grzbhv.pdf
• Reducing Livestock Losses to Toxic Plants.
  A. McGinty and R. Machen. Texas A&M. Pub # B-1499
  http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/beefpubs/b1499-toxicloss.pdf
  

General

• Why Cattle, Sheep and Goats Can Eat Forages?
  Donna Amaral-Phillips. University of Kentucky
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/dairy/extension/nut0126.pdf
• Goat Forage Production.
  Brandon Sears. University of Kentucky (G10507)
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/pubs/GoatForageProduction_G10507_.pdf
• Forage: An Economic Necessity.
  Terry K. Hutchens and Dr. Monty Chappell. University of Kentucky (G003-8-02)
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/pubs/ForageEconNec_Jan06_G003-8-02_.pdf
• Intake and Digestion of Leguminous Forages by Mature Goats.
  B. Kouakou, S. Gelaye, T. H. Terrill, J. Bennett, S. Miller, E. A. Amoah, and A. C. Murry, Jr,
  Agricultural Research Station, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030-3298
• Nutritive Value of Florigraze Rhizoma Peanut as an Alternative Leguminous Forage for Goats.
  S. Gelaye and E. A. Amoah, Agricultural Research Station, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030-3298
• Performance of Yearling Goats Fed Alfalfa and Florigraze Rhizoma Peanut Hay.
  S. Gelaye, E. A. Amoah and P. Guthrie, Agricultural Research Station, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030-3298
  http://www.ag.fvsu.edu/Publicat/GoatCenter/gelaye1.htm
• Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management.
  J-M Luginbuhl, J T Green, J P Mueller and M H Poore. North Caroliana State University. In: Proceedings of the Southeast Regional Meat Goat Production Symposium "Meat Goat Production in the Southeast - Today and Tomorrow". February 21-24, 1996. Florida A&M University, Tallahassee.
  http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/animal/meatgoat/MGLand.htm
• Matching Forage to the Nutritional Needs of Meat Goats.
  JP Mueller, MH Poore, J-M Luginbuhl, and J.T Green Jr. NC Cooperative Extension Service.
• Interpreting Forage Quality Reports.
  J. Henning, G. Lacefield, and D. Amaral-Phillips. ID-101. University of Kentucky
  http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id101/id101.htm
• Forage Species and Spatial Effects on the Dietary Intake of Goats.
  M. Burgess, D. Baker, D. Zartman, R. Sulc, and S. Harrison. Hay and Pasture Update, Sept/Oct 2004 Vol 2, issue 5. University of Maryland. 2004.
• Understanding Forage Quality.
  D. Ball, M. Collins, G. Lacefield, N. Martin, D. Mertens, K. Olson, D. Putman, D. Undersander, and M. Wolf. American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Pub # 1-01.
  http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/-files/pdf/UnderstandingForageQuality.pdf
• Grass-Fed Lamb and Goat.
  Susan Schoenian, Maryland Cooperative Extension
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/grassfed.htm