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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tim Tobin, of Swallow Hill Farm in Woodford, VA, is a farm demonstration cooperator with the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council as part of a USDA- NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant project. Tim will be speaking next week at the VFGC Conference in Madison, presenting a project summary on how he has used specific forage species […]
The new Working Lands for Wildlife Program is officially open for enrollment at your local USDA-NRCS Service Center. This is a statewide program putting the farmers production goals first and capitalizing naturally on the proven benefits to wildlife. A true “Win – Win” situation. This is a great opportunity for any farmer who is looking […]
The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council is excited to present a short video highlighting Ronnie Nuckols discussing his journey as a grazing demonstration cooperator over the last few years. In this video, “A Step by Step Approach to Building Pasture Productivity and Soil Health,” Ronnie explains where he started, the challenge to change, how he […]
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