Forage plan

I will attach pdf please make sure you follow the layout line the one they did for Mississippi State and Oklahoma State you can combine the two. include a pic or 2 with a chart maybe and try to use a farm in Columbus ga or close to it since thats where Im from. Web Soil Survey link: What is a forage plan? A forage plan, or grazing management plan, is a carefully and meticulously crafted tool that allows producers to organize their land, account for and improve forage production capabilities, determine livestock sustainability, allocate budget resources, and determine the time and effort needed to achieve production goals. Through Extension, we (in academia) encourage all forage or livestock producers to develop a forage plan in order to provide a clear direction for the health and sustainability of the operation. You can find more information about forage plans through Mississippi State University Extension Links to an external site. and through Oklahoma State University Extension Links to an external site.. Your assignment is to develop a forage plan for a forage-livestock operation. I am giving you relatively free reign with this assignment. You are free to choose any property/land you wish to develop; there are no restrictions on size or forage base. I would assume most, if not all, of you will choose your home farm. Your plan should be written like a narrative, as if you were going to hand this over as a guidebook to your farm manager. I expect (at a minimum) the following elements to be present in your plan: An inventory of the current state of forage and livestock resources A list of short- and long-term goals for the operation A satellite image of the property with pastures and land boundaries delineated A description of the soil resources on the property (use Web Soil SurveyLinks to an external site.) Management decisions to achieve your goals (planting, fertilizing, harvesting, grazing, etc.) A perpetual calendar for implementing management decisions While this is a guideline of the minimum requirements for the assignment, understand that a good forage plan will go beyond these basic details and provide more and more detailed information. I am not assigning a minimum or maximum page length to your forage plan. Use the space necessary to convey the pertinent information.