NCSU/USDA Forage Program Faculty
Joe Burns
The program focuses on the relationship between herbage mass and production per animal and per hectare from steers grazing either native of introduced warmseason grasses. These forages are also evaluated with animals in confinement for dry matter intake and the digestion of the dry matter and associated fiber constituents for a range of plant maturities and stored as either hay or silage. Small plot experiments are conducted to obtain management data that can be used in conducting grazing trials or as a guide for proper harvesting as hay or silage.
Dr. Vivek Fellner
Ruminal Function; Lipid Metabolism; Nutritional Biochemistry; Feed Utilization; Microbial Physiology and Methane Production.
Jim Green Jr.
Most training and demonstrations are with beef and dairy systems, but some effort is with goats, sheep, horses and wildlife. The overriding emphasis is on utilizing grassland resources, with emphasis on grazing management, to minimize feed costs and protect natural resources.
Gerald Huntington
Nutritional biochemistry, digestive physiology, ruminant nutrition.
Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
The major goal of Dr. Luginbuhl research program is to develop sustainable forage/ browse-based feeding and management systems for meat goats.
Dr. Jeannette Moore
Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator and Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science and Associate Faculty Member, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology (formerly called Department of Farm Animal Health and Resource Management), College of Veterinary Medicine.
J. Paul Mueller
Dr. Mueller has 26 years experience in agricultural extension, research, and teaching programs at North Carolina State University. He is the College of Agriculture and Life Science Coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture, Chairman of the CALS Sustainable Agriculture Interest group and Coordinator for the Farming Systems Research Unit of The Center for Environmental Farming Systems.
Matt Poore
Conducts applied research primarily with beef cattle with a minor effort in small ruminants (sheep and goats). Research is in the areas of byproduct feeds and forage utilization. Delivers educational programs in all aspects of beef nutrition with an emphasis on supplements (mineral and otherwise), forage utilization and byproduct feeds. Co-coordinator of the North Carolina Grazing Schools for Beef Producers, and the leader of the Eastern North Carolina Beef Cattle Project located at the Center for Environmental Farming (CEFS) Systems at Goldsboro.
Dr. Steve Washburn
Reproductive management of dairy and beef cattle herds; seasonal breeding; crossbreeding in dairy cattle; estrous synchronization; and pasture-based and organic dairy production systems.
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