Custodian: NRCS
Goal: NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 512 Pasture and Hay Planting was updated on the national level and Wisconsin NRCS is now preparing state-specific customization. The updated WI standard will incorporate updated research and consider input through expert review, following the Minor Process detailed in the SOC Technical Standards Process Handbook, with some additional external input from stakeholders.
Initial Review: Nov. 2024
Anticipated Publication Date: Aug 2025
Resources:
- NRCS National CPS 512 Pasture and Hay Planting, October 2020R.
- NRCS WI CPS 512 Forage and Biomass Planting, January 2013.
Note: Current WI CPSs and associated guidance documents are available in the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide. Select Wisconsin, then go to Section IV > Conservation Practices > select individual standards from the alphabetical list > Practice Standard or other support documents. - Ball, D.M., C.S. Hoveland, and G.D. Lacefield. 2015. Southern Forages, Fifth Edition. International Plant Nutrition Institute: Norcross, GA.
- Barnes, R.F., C.J. Nelson, K.J. Moore, and M. Collins. 2007. Forages, The Science of Grassland Agriculture, Sixth Edition. Iowa State University Press: Ames, IA.
- Collins, M., C.J. Nelson., K.J. Moore, and R.F. Barnes. 2017. Forages, Volume 1: An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Seventh Edition. Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken, N.J. ISBN: 9781119300649
- Cornell University. 2019. Plants Poisonous to Livestock. Department of Animal Science. http://poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu/ and https://poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu/php/plants.php?action=display&ispecies=human
- Skinner, R.H. and C.J. Dell. 2016. Yield and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Grazed Pastures Sown with Two or Five Forage Species. Crop Science 56:2135-2044. Crop Science Society of America, Madison, WI. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2015.11.0711
- Smith, R. 2016. The Value of Coated Seed. University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. https://grazer.ca.uky.edu/content/value-coated-seed
- University of Wisconsin Extension Publication A1525, Perennial Forage Crop Variety Update for Wisconsin. https://learningstore.extension.wisc.edu/products/forage-variety-update-for-wisconsin2017-trial-results-p175?_pos=1&_sid=75b880610&_ss=r
- University of Wisconsin Extension Publication A3529, Wisconsin Pastures for Profit. https://learningstore.extension.wisc.edu/products/pastures-for-profit-a-guide-to-rotational-grazing-p96
- USDA NRCS. 2008. National Range and Pasture Handbook (Title 190). Washington, D.C.
- USDA NRCS. n.d. PLANTS Database. https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/
- USDA NRCS. 2009. Plant Materials Technical Note No. 3 (Title 190). Planting and Managing Switchgrass as a Biomass Energy Crop. Washington, D.C.
- USDA NRCS. 2016. National Organic Farming Handbook (Title 190). Washington, D.C.
- USDA, NRCS, Wisconsin Agronomy Technical Note 5, Establishing and Maintaining Native Grasses, Forbs, and Legumes.
- USDA, NRCS, Wisconsin Agronomy Technical Note 6, Establishing and Maintaining Introduced Grasses and Legumes.
- USDA, NRCS, Wisconsin Job Sheet 134, How to Establish and Maintain Introduced Grasses and Legumes.
- USDA, NRCS, Wisconsin Job Sheet 135, How to Establish and Maintain Native Grasses, Forbs, and Legumes.