At 05:49 PM 3/24/04 -0600, you wrote:
>Gene Schriefer wrote:
> > Just wait Rick, our driftless region is considered to be prime
> > wolf habitat
> > by several wolf researchers when they have examined where wolf attacks on
> > livestock have occured in other regions. It might be just a
> > matter of time,
> > sooner if the WiDNR helps a little.
>
>I know, I know, don't rub it in:) We will have to change from a farm with
>livestock to what more folks are doing and sell out and develop sites or
>lease to large scale croppers:(
>
>Predators and the promotion of predators could possibly be the death knell
>of grass farming in our area. We are not seeing that much of an increase in
>grass farming as it is. Most farms are going in the opposite direction or
>are being forced to go that way due to DNR requirements for nutrient
>management where grazing is not permitted.
>
>REPLY: Rick,
Where is grazing not permit? Why?
Jim Cropper
James B. Cropper
Forage Management Specialist
Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research Unit
Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-3702
814-863-0942
814-863-0935 FAX
jbc9@psu.edu
