Conversion from Corn to Grassland Provides Economic and Environmental Benefits to a Maryland Beef Farm
P. Crosson, C. A. Rotz, and M. A. Sanderson
January 2007
Research
Beef producers must consider strategies and technologies to reduce potential adverse environmental effects while maintaining profit. One choice is between using perennial grassland or corn as the primary crop for feed production. Simulation of an Angus cattle-producing farm of 325 acres in northeastern Maryland illustrated that the conversion of the farm from a corn and permanent pasture system to all perennial grassland with the use of more intensive rotational grazing has provided both environmental and economic benefits.
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