Grazing and Pasture Management for Organic Dairy Cattle
Scientific Results
Changes in herd health, fertility and production under roughage based feeding conditions with reduced concentrate input in Swiss organic dairy herds
Livestock Science (2014) 168: 159-167
Comparison of zero concentrate supplementation with different quantities of concentrates in terms of production, animal health, and profitability of organic dairy farms in Austria
Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 233-242
Effect of organic grass-clover silage on fiber digestion in dairy cows
Animal (2017) 11: 1000-1007
Effect of replacing organic grass-clover silage from primary growth with regrowth on feed intake and milk yield of dairy cows
Organic Agriculture (2017) 7: 41-51
Effect of replacing organic grass-clover silage from primary growth with regrowth on N digestion in dairy cows
Animal Feed Science and Technology (2016) 220: 57-66
Establishment of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus ) pastures on organic dairy farms in the Mountain West USA
Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 63-77
Feeding strategies on certified organic dairy farms in Wisconsin and their effect on milk production and income over feed costs
Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 4612-4623
Gastrointestinal metabolism of phytoestrogens in lactating dairy cows fed silages with different botanical composition
Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 7735-7750
Impact of grazing dairy steers on winter rye (Secale cereale) versus winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and effects on meat quality, fatty acid and amino acid profiles, and consumer acceptability of organic beef
PLoS One. (2017) 12(11):e0187686
Implications of feed concentrate reduction in organic grassland-based dairy systems: a long-term on-farm study
Animal (2017) 11: 2051-2060
Intake, feed conversion efficiency and grazing behaviour of two Holstein cow strains in a pasture-based production system under organic farming in Switzerland
Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 175-186
Italian ryegrass silage in winter feeding of organic dairy cows: forage intake, milk yield and composition
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2011) 91: 435-442
Maize silage and Italian ryegrass silage as high-energy forages in organic dairy cow diets: Differences in feed intake, milk yield and quality, and nitrogen efficiency
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2014) 29: 378-387
Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect–flower interaction networks and pollination
Journal of Applied Ecology (2011) 48: 561-569
Soil phosphorus, potassium and sulphur excesses, regularities and heterogeneity in grazing-based dairy farms
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 201: 70-82
Tradeoffs between production and perennial vegetation in dairy farming systems vary among counties in the northeastern U.S.
Agricultural Systems (2015) 139: 17-28
Trends in the Northeast dairy industry: Large-scale modern confinement feeding and management-intensive grazing
Journal of Dairy Science (2010) 93: 1759-1769
For additional resources on general grazing and pasture management, please see the Grazing page .
