--“I have just about tripled my grass production and started growing new species like eastern gamma grass, Indiangrass, and big and little bluestem – all those species now have time to go to seed,” he said.
--Totemeier will receive financial assistance through USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to offset some of the conservation practice expenses.
--For example, Totemeier likes to graze his cattle in 50 percent timber and 50 percent grassland paddocks during the summer heat. “They spend the days in the woods eating high protein leaves from invasive honeysuckle,” he said, “then move to grasslands in the evenings to eat mixed grasses and legumes
