Forage species selection is an important management decision for forage production and soil improvement. MatchForage is a web-based application to improve the selection of forage species for specific locations, intended uses, and management level.

Primary Forage Contact: David B. Hannaway, Forage Specialist, Oregon State University

Cooperators

OSU FACULTY:

  • Serkan Ates, Forage-Livestock Systems Specialist
  • Linda Brewer, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II, Technical Writer and Project Manager
  • Christopher Daly, Climate Modeling Specialist, Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering
  • Michael Halbleib, Soil Scientist and GIS Modeling Expert, Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering

OSU Students:

  • Graduate and Undergraduate Students in Various Fields

COOPERATING SCIENTISTS:

  • Annamaria Mills, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand
  • Derrick Moot, Professor in Plant Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand

WEB DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATION:

  • Sara Monk, Web Developer, Oregon State University
  • Kayleen Schreiber, Science Communicator: Data Visualization, Infographics, Animation

CONTENT REVIEW:

  • Peter Ballerstedt, Forage Ambassador, Barenbrug USA
  • Jerry Hall, Co-founder, President, Director of Research, Grasslands Oregon Seed Company
  • Dennis Hancock, Forage Specialist, University of Georgia

Acknowledgements

This work is supported by AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project (SAS-CAP) grant no. 2021-68012-35917 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Partial funding for clover species provided by the Oregon Clover Commission. Support also provided from Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station Hatch Project ORE0217,  the Agricultural Extension Program Leader, the College of Agricultural Sciences Undergraduate Research Intern Program, and faculty participating in the Forage Working Group.