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Christina Curell, Central Region Water Quality Educator Pasture Management 2010 Crop*A*Syst Training Christina Curell, Central Region Water Quality Educator Cows in the Creek slides contributed by Tom Rorabaugh, Retired Mecosta County CED

6.01) Is the area managed as a pasture? Are pasture plants the only significant feed source? Is manure removed?

6.02) How far is your pasture from a well Greater than 50 feet?

6.03) How far is the pasture from surface water?

Cows in the Creek Project

Unlimited access causes many problems Erosion from livestock unlimited access to stream

Cattle path

Erosion and siltation

Pond adjacent to watering site

This is a cattle crossing used to move cattle to the field This is a cattle crossing used to move cattle to the field. Note rock waterway on left side. This slope is 6:1 and experiences swift water movement from upper fields during spring rains.

This is the finished watering site This is the finished watering site. Cattle are restricted by fencing on three sides.

6.04) If using rotational grazing, how are paddocks maintained? Stocking density and pasture rotation are appropriate. Is the forage stand density sufficient to prevent soil erosion and movement of manure from pasture

Diagram from “Fence Planning for Horses” Pennsylvania State University Eileen Wheeler and Jennifer Smith Zajaczkowski. See: http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/

6.05) What is being done to reduce manure concentration around watering tanks and/or feeders in pasture areas? Is the water and/or feed area rotated? Is there sufficient vegetation to slow movement of water? Is soil erosion under control? Is excess manure removed?

Low Vegetation Density Ponding 6.06) How is the pasture maintained to manage runoff and to protect surface water (including sacrifice areas/dirt [non-vegetated] lots within a rotational grazing system)?