No chemicals - I am willing to go that route but you will need to market
my scabby apples that no woman/man would buy at any market.
daryl andersen wrote:
> I think that heavy grazing could damage prairie plants. I also think
> that our real efforts need to be focused on proper farming methods
> where most of the land has hay, oats, open pasture coverage and reduce
> row crops to provide grass fed animals and improve the health of
> humanity at the same time. Free range our animals- all of them. And no
> chemicals for any purpose!!!
> Daryl
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Donna Buell wrote:
>
>> Would somebody please explain why haying would devastate prairie
>> plantings?
>> Are we concerned about the plants ability to go to seed?
>>
>> It seems that prairie survived for thousands of years with large animals
>> grazing. The only concerns I've ever heard about grazing are where
>> we give
>> the animals unfettered access to waterways and they cause stream bank
>> damage
>> and erosion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Donna
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve & Connie
>> Swan
>> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:22 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Iowa state parks and public lands proposed for grazing and
>> haying
>>
>> A lot of the interstate right of ways in Iowa have been involved in
>> great
>> prairie restoration projects which would be devastated by haying and
>> need no
>> mowing.
>>
>> Steve Swan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jerry Neff
>> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:09 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Iowa state parks and public lands proposed for grazing and
>> haying
>>
>> I do not want our state parks to be pastures. Except for safety
>> concerns, I
>> have
>> always felt that right of way along interstates should be used to
>> harvest
>> something useful like hay. Nebraska allows farmers to bale hay along
>> I-80.
>> Maybe
>> the state could rent the land to the farmers so instead of spending
>> money to
>> mow
>> they could have an income from the land. One down side is that so many
>> farmers
>> now a days do not have livestock and thus no need for hay. Jerry N
>>
>>
>> ---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
>> From: Donna Buell <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Iowa state parks and public lands proposed for grazing and
>> haying
>> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:36:02 +0000
>>
>>> If we had the farm animals in pastures where they belonged, the
>>> pasture grasses would still be there for the livestock to eat. And
>>> they would have soaked up lots of water that flooded instead.
>>>
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 7, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
>>>
>>>> Per below, the issues range from habitat degradation to the
>>>> spreading of invasive exotics via seeds in cattle manure and
>>>> contaminated haying equipment.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy
>>>>
>>>> ***
>>>> Iowa official: Open state land for haying, grazing
>>>> Monday July 7, 2:04 pm ET
>>>> AP
>>>> Iowa Ag Secretary Northey asks Culver to open state lands for
>>>> haying, grazing to aid producers
>>>>
>>>> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey
>>>> wants to consider using state parks, roadside right of ways and
>>>> medians for haying and grazing.
>>>>
>>>> Northey says opening the land could help livestock producers who are
>>>> struggling with record feed prices.
>>>>
>>>> In a request sent to Gov. Chet Culver on Monday, Northey says that
>>>> it won't be a "silver bullet" but the move could help producers.
>>>>
>>>> Culver's office is reviewing the letter, which was also sent to the
>>>> Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the state Department of
>>>> Transportation. A spokesman for Northey says the secretary doesn't
>>>> know how much land the request entails.
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hildebrand
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>> Ames, IA 50010
>>>>
>>>> "Today in these fields the fruit of several species of milkweed hang
>>>> unopened, still green, but a little later the silken coma and the
>>>> bright linings of the pods will bring pleasure to many
>>>> eyes." (Selden Lincoln Whitcomb describing Grinnell, Iowa in 1907)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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