Resources

Barnyards & Backyards

Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Getting a grip on grazing
(B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)
Videos
Managing Grazing on Small Acreages (Video series by UW Extension)
Online Tools
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
UW Extension Publications
Other Publications
Small Pasture Management Guide for Utah
(has been reviewed and deemed appropriate for Wyoming use also)
Videos
Master Hay Grower - Risk Management for Wyoming Hay Growers (UW CES course February, 2014)
Tools
Property Plan Worksheet - Word version or PDF version
This worksheet will assist landowners in conceptualizing what they hope for their property to be and how their management can drive the property to meet these goals.
Barnyards and Backyards Publications
UW Extension Publications
Videos
Master Hay Grower - Risk Management for Wyoming Hay Growers (UW CES course February, 2014)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Resources to Help Calculate Feed Rations
Feed Composition for Cattle and Sheep Fact Sheet No. 1.615 Contains a table with "typical" composition of feeds (Colorado State University)
Nutrient Requirements of Sheep and Goats (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
Nutritional Management for Horses (Purdue University Cooperative Extension)
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service)
Other Publications
Videos
Websites
Wyoming Hay/Pasture/Seed List
(Lists contact and other info from those interested in selling or buying hay, pasture, or seed)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Other Publications
Grazing Management for Streamside Areas (Wyoming Game and Fish, 1992)
Videos
Grazing Brochures by Wyoming County
Help determining how much forage your land may produce. The brochures cover grazing and provides guidance on calculating how many animals you can sustainably graze on your land (2016).
Monitoring Videos
Range Monitoring (presented by Eric Peterson, UW CES 2007)
Projects
Property Improvement Projects (overgrazed Wheatland property improved through grazing management; reclamation of unstable sand dune blow-out area near Casper)
 
Contact Us

Barnyards & Backyards
University of Wyoming Extension
1000 E. University Ave, Department #3354
Laramie, WY 82071
Email: barnyardsbackyards@uwyo.edu


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