Tag: Extended grazing season

Gearing up for another great Grazing Meeting. This years topic is Linger Grazing with Troy Bishopp, The Grass Whisperer! Troy is a well seasoned Grass Farmer from New York and a conservation professional at Madison County. The meeting will be held March 16, 2020 at BM&G Community Centre in Brussels, Ontario.  Hosted by Brussels Agri […]

Thanks to the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada for this article. It includes a lot of examples of how one producer is solving the problem of keeping his herd grazing through the season through rain, mud, snow and ice. You’ll also find ideas on weaning, handling and culling. Enjoy! Variable weather is something Dean […]

Here is a quick summary of our technical sessions for this year’s conference  The sessions are: The Do’s and Don’ts of Silvopasture, Pastured Pigs – Feed and Grazing Management, The Fescues – Soft-leaf and Meadow Pasture Soil Compaction- Identification and Remediation Getting the Most out of Winter Grazing by Forage Species Selection/Management and Grazing Management, […]

Expert instructors with practical experience will help you find real world solutions to the challenges facing you and your ranch. You will learn proven tools and techniques that will increase your profit, improve the health and productivity of your land and increase your personal effectiveness.

Dogwood Farm, owned and operated by Toby and Debby Dulworth since 1977, is located in Ballard County, Kentucky, between the communities of Bandana and Oscar. Dulworth ancestors have farmed in this area since 1897.  Since its beginning, the DWF cow herd has grazed pasture without supplemental grain, expanding from three head in 1964 to about […]

Kicking the Hay Habit: Optimizing Profitability Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jim Gerrish Agenda for October 31 7:30       Registration Opens (Sponsors and Silent Auction) 8:15      Welcome 8:30      Kicking the Hay Habit – Jim Gerrish, American GrazingLands Services, LLC 9:30      Livestock Genetics for Extended Grazing Systems – Gordon Jones, Red Hill Farms 10:00       Break, Silent Auction […]

A gathering and open conversation about managing root causes not just symptoms. Strategic weed management. Flerd management of cattle and sheep, farrowing and finishing hogs in the woods and grass management. Rsvp

The Fall Kentucky Grazing School will be held at the Woodford County Extension Office on September 10-11, 2019. Learn valuable grazing methods for new and experienced graziers with the goal to extend the grazing season and minimize stored feed. Topics include rotational grazing, temporary fencing, portable/seasonal water systems, rejuvenate run-down pastures and economics on grazing. […]

Expert instructors with practical experience will help you find real world solutions to the challenges facing you and your ranch. You will learn proven tools and techniques that will increase your profit, improve the health and productivity of your land and increase your personal effectiveness.

This two-day workshop gives producers classroom and hands-on learning in using and managing rotational grazing.  Rotational grazing provides better utilization of pastures to provide nutrients for livestock.

Presenters: Kent Solberg (Sustainable Farming Association) Introducing cover crop rotations is increasingly proven to protect and improve soil health and cash crop productivity. Grazing cover crops with cattle is an excellent way to make this beneficial practice more impactful and profitable. But the right planning, relationships, and infrastructure are needed to ensure grazing cover crop […]

Presenters: Kent Solberg (Sustainable Farming Association) Ensuring access to sufficient, high-quality forage is critical for optimizing the health and productivity of livestock in a rotational grazing operation. In this webinar, Kent Solberg, Grazing and Livestock Specialist with the Sustainable Farming Association, will share how beginning and established graziers can incorporate diverse annual, perennial, and stored […]

Ian Mitchell-Innes has been practicing Holistic Management for 20 years on his ranch in South Africa. He teaches farmers and ranchers how to “FEED the whole” – Grass, Animal, Soil surface, Sub soil, using animals at High and Ultra High Stock Density (Mob Grazing). At this workshop you will learn how to start a simplified grazing […]

A one day conference, sponsored by the Louisiana Grazing Land Conservation Initiative Coalition. Education for Serious Grazers on September 28, 2017 at the Red River Research Station in Bossier Parish Day 2 / September 29 – Red River Conference for Advanced Livestock Graziers  ( Beyond the basics of Rotational and Intensive Grazing Management, targeted to provide continuing education […]

A one day conference, sponsored by the Louisiana Grazing Land Conservation Initiative Coalition. There will be a conference for advanced graziers, the following day. Education for Serious Grazers on September 28, 2017 at the Red River Research Station in Bossier Parish Day 1 / September 28 – Red River Conference for Beginning and Intermediate Livestock Grazers  (Basics […]