Instructional Objectives

  1. Define forages and differentiate between forage types.
  2. Explain how forages have been and are essential to civilization.

  3. a. Products.
    b. Environmental benefits.
    c. Economic benefits.

  4. Summarize the history of forages.
  5. Define grassland agriculture. Diagram and discuss a typical grassland ecosystem.
  6. Define sustainable agriculture and discuss how forages are a key component.
  7. List several grassland organizations and describe their role in promoting forages and grassland agriculture.