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Animals Bio-based
Products
Cover
Crops
Economics
& Statistics
Establishment Fertilization
& Liming
Hay Irrigation Machinery Maps Marketing Pastures
& Grazing
Pests Quality
& Testing
Silage Species
& Varieties

Forage Topics - Description
For each of the Forage Topics, you will find sections for: General Information, Publications, Visual Media, and Professional Resources. Subsections will vary according to the topic area.

Animals
Subsections for each animal type include: Breeds, Farmers/Ranchers, Health, Markets, Nutrition and Prices.
- Beef
- Bison
- Dairy
- Deer/Elk
- Goat
- Horse
- Llama
- Mule
- Poultry
- Ratite
- Sheep
- Swine

Bio-based Products
Subsections for Bio-based Products include: Bio-fuels, Bio-power, Bio-chemicals, Bio-neutricals, Bio-materials, Biomass feedstocks and Economics.

Cover Crops
Subsections for Cover Crops include: Principal Uses, Benefits, a Species List, and a Searchable Database.

Economics & Budgets
Subsections for Economics & Budgets include: National and State Statistics, Enterprise Budgets, and Spatial Analysis & Mapping.

Establishment
Subsections for Establishment include: xxx.

Fertilization & Liming
Subsections for Fetilizaiton & Liming include: xxx.

Hay
Subsections for Hay include: Species & Varieties, Establishment, Fertilization & Liming, Irrigation, Pest Control, Harvest Management, Quality & Testing, Marketing, and Export.

Irrigation
Subsections for Irrigation include: xxx.

Machinery
Subsections for Machinery include: xxx.

Maps
Subsections for Maps include: xxx.

Marketing
Subsections for Marketing include: xxx.

Pasture and Grazing Management
Subsections for Pastures & Grazing include: Species & Varieties, Establishment, Fertilization & Liming, Irrigation, Pest Control, Grazing Systems, Defoliation Management, Quality & Testing, and Animal Health Issues.

Pest Management
Subsections for Pest Management include: Diseases, Insects, Nematodes, Vertebrates, and Weeds.

Quality and Testing
Subsections for Quality & Testing include: Laboratories and Variety Trial Yield Data.

Silage
Subsections for Silage include: Species & Varieties, Establishment, Fertilization & Liming, Irrigation, Pest Control, Harvest Management, Quality & Testing, and Silo Types.

Species & Varieties
Species subsections include: Grasses, Legumes, Forbs, and Shrubs.