Heifer-grazing attracts interest

Lynn Grooms
Feb 15, 2023
Feb 15, 2023

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The idea of leaning into custom dairy-heifer grazing is being discussed to improve supply-chain logistics in Wisconsin's dairy industry.

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Grazing heifers can result in savings of 25 percent to more than 50 percent per head per day during the grazing season compared to confinement, according to Grassland 2.0.

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Lynn Grooms

Sarah Lloyd is working as a supply-chain specialist for the University of Wisconsin-led Grassland 2.0 project – a collaborative group of farmers, researchers, and public and private leaders. It’s focused on agricultural systems that improve water quality while also ensuring farmers can earn a decent living.

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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.

Sarah Lloyd stays busy

Sarah Lloyd farms with her husband, Nels Nelson, and his family on the 400-cow Nelson dairy farm just outside Wisconsin Dells in Columbia County, Wisconsin. She works off-farm as a food-systems scientist for the University of Wisconsin-Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and as a supply-chain specialist for the University of Minnesota-Forever Green Initiative, working on the Grassland 2.0 Project. She also does work on development for the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative, a farmer-led cooperative founded in 2012 focusing on fresh local and regional produce that’s owned by the farmers and the Wisconsin Farmers Union. She’s the president of the Columbia County Farmers Union and serves on the Wisconsin Farmers Union Board. She also acts as president of the board of the Wormfarm Institute, a non-profit organization that works at the intersection of arts and agriculture.