Fall Field Day – Bracketts Farm
Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District, Virginia Forage & Grassland Council, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Virginia Cooperative Extension are hosting the Fall Field Day on October 5, 2022 […]
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2022 VFGC Advanced Grazing School
These workshops are designed for farmers looking to transform their farm operation into a profitable business with less work and stress. Dave Pratt has helped thousands of farm families build […]
VFGC Needs Good Photos of Your Grazing System
The VFGC would like to feature more good photos from different farms around the state in the annual grazing calendar. To encourage you to send in your best photos, we […]
USDA Fact Sheets from a Conservation Innovation Grant between NRCS and Virginia Tech
The USDA fact sheets described below were developed from a Conservation Innovation Grant with Virginia Tech titled, Demonstrating conversion of wildtype to novel endophyte fescue pastures for greater livestock performance […]
A weekly digital forage mini-newsletter by Matt Booher
Matt Booher, Rockingham County Extension Agent, has started a weekly digital forage mini-newsletter. If you would like to get on the email list to receive this, please contact Matt at mrbooher@vt.edu. […]
Farmer perspective and demonstration: Keith Tuck and Tuck Farms
Keith Tuck, Tuck Farms, Moneta VA Keith Tuck owns and operates a commercial cow-calf operation in an all grass production system. He typically carries 100 cow-calf pairs and develops about […]
Native Warm Season Grasses
Demonstrating conversion of tall fescue to native warm season grasses for greater livestock performance and better environmental outcomes Project Background While tall fescue (Schedonorous arundinaceus) is the predominant forage species […]
2020 GRAZING SCHOOL
The Grazing School originally scheduled for May 12-13, 2020, in Glade Spring has to be cancelled for now due to the uncertain conditions regarding the Corona virus and the Governor’s […]
Pasture-Finished Beef Production Meetings
Please contact John Fike at jfike@vt.edu or Gabriel Pent at gpent@vt.edu regarding these events. Are you interested in starting a pasture-finished beef operation or improving your existing forage-finished beef operation? […]
2020 Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop
Sign up now for the 2020 Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop hosted by Virginia Tech and the Alliance for Grassland Renewal. Remember when Dr. Dan Undersander reminded us of the […]