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October 2-3, 2018 in Blackstone at the Southern Piedmont AREC This 2-day, in-depth training is designed specifically for conservationists, Extension agents and other Ag professionals working at the field level.  This immersion style training is designed to provide a better understanding of assessment and management of the resources that make up a grazing system including: […]

Join us at the Giles County Agriculture Land Lab for a Summer Pasture Walk on Wednesday August 29th to learn more about how endophyte infected tall fescue reduces livestock weight gains and lowers reproductive performance. This twilight pasture walk will give you tools and information needed to better understand why and how toxic fescue could […]

This intensive, 1-day school is geared for producers who are backgrounding calves or raising replacements on pasture, as well as pasture-based dairy and finishing operations. The school will teach participants how to create and meet realistic animal performance goals on a pasture-based diet. It will go into an in-depth look at performance-enhancing forage systems including: […]

VFGC partners with the Carroll Grayson Cattle Producers Assn. to host a summer pasture walk and field day August 9th at Stephen Turner’s Farm in Laurel Fork, VA. Mr. Turner has implemented many conservation and grazing practices on his farm which now allows him to graze more cows on less acres and feed less hay. […]

The grazing demonstration hosted at Ronnie Nuckols Farm as part of the Conservation Innovation Grant between VFGC and USDA-NRCS is now complete. The detailed case study summary report titled: Using Annual Forages and Improved Grazing Management to Build Soil Health and Improve System Performance, is available for download as a PDF document below. This report […]

Join us at Lund Angus Farm on the evening of July 19th for a tour and pasture walk with Dick and Mary Lund in Appomattox County. The Lund’s have developed a grass fed and finished Black Angus beef system using different forages and grazing techniques as part of a conservation grazing plan. This event will […]

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host the Kentland Beef & Forage Day. This event will highlight the research at Kentland Farm as well as focus on hay quality and baleage production. Speakers from VCE, VT, and industry will deliver workshops and […]

Reaching for the next level in grazing management? Contact Matt Booher at 540-325-7503 or email him at mrbooher@vt.edu. Advanced Grazing School

Bellevue Farm Charles and Robert Drumheller Bellevue Farm was honored by the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council (VFGC) as the 2018 Outstanding Forage Producer of the Year. The farm is located in Swoope, within the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It is owned and operated by Charles and Robert Drumheller, whose family has owned the farm […]

John Fant, Colonel, US Army (Ret), returned to southwest Virginia in 2013 after a career in the military to resume the daily operations and management of the family farm. Watch this short video as John explains the challenges and opportunities he faced returning to the farm, assessing its resources then developing and implementing a plan […]