1. Well-managed grazing systems: A forgotten hero of conservation.
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Franzluebbers, Alan J., Paine, Laura K., Winsten, Jonathan R., Krome, Margaret, Sanderson, Matt A., Ogles, Kevin, and Thompson, Dennis
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PASTURES , *AGRICULTURAL ecology , *AGRICULTURE , *AGRICULTURAL productivity , *AGRICULTURAL administration , *LIVESTOCK productivity - Abstract
The article discusses the benefits and barriers of well-managed grazing-based farming system and promotes adoption of this conservation tool in the eastern U.S. It informs that this system provides society-wide environment services, productivity and profit to individual producers. It proposes the local, state and federal programs to support grazing system and encourages development of policy options for adoption of pasture-based livestock production as one of several agroecological approaches.
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- 2012
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