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Apr 5, 2021
Join VFGC and industry partners for a 1-day fence-building school near you. Includes a classroom portion covering the basics of layout and construction for fixed knot fence, brace construction, post & wire selection, as well as electric fencing. The afternoon session will be entirely hands-on in the field. Come ready to build fence! 2021 VFGC […]
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Mar 16, 2021
May 11-12, 2021 12326 VPI Farm Road, Glade Spring, VA 24340 Southwest Agricultural Research and Extension Center Designed with beginning and experienced producers in mind; this 2-day, intensive course will teach you everything you need to know to better manage grazing on your farm. • Forage ID and pasture assessment • Pasture and grazing management […]
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Oct 13, 2020
Building Resilience in Grass-Based Farms This year’s forage conference will be ONLINE. Featuring Tennessee grazier, Mr. Greg Brann, along with Dr. Greg Halich, forage economics specialist with University of Kentucky. Mr. Greg Brann owns 900-acre Big Spring Farm, where he practices management-intensive and multi-species grazing. Greg has also used warm-season forages, livestock genetics, and novel [...]
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Jun 14, 2020
Pasture Walk July 23rd in Bath County VFGC is planning an evening pasture walk at The Moyers Family Twilight Farms near Hot Springs, VA in beautiful Bath County. Kevin Moyers and his family will showcase the improvements made to their farm and grazing system with an emphasis on his conversion of wild-type, toxic endophyte fescue to […]
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Apr 26, 2020
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.
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Apr 26, 2020
Timely Information for Livestock Producers Friday, April 24, 2020 Friday, May 8, 2020 Friday, May 22, 2020 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Livestock Webinar Series Flier 4-24-20
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Mar 16, 2020
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 stay at home order through June 10th. Everyone who sent in registration checks will get refunded in full. If possible we will try to reschedule […]
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Feb 27, 2020
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? If so, consider attending one of the upcoming Pasture-Finished Beef Production Meetings held at three convenient locations around Virginia. These workshops are part of a […]
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Feb 19, 2020
If you missed the 2020 Winter Forage Conference click on the attached link to view the videos. https://vaforages.org/resources/videos/ Listed below are the PowerPoint of the presentations for your viewing. Hay in a Day VA Making Quality Baleage Yon Family #1 Yon Family #2 Graze 300 VA Presentation for 2020 VFGC Meetings VAFGC Kinloch’s Short Story […]
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Feb 18, 2020
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 have decided to have a contest. Who is eligible: Anyone can submit a photo, but to win one of the prizes you have to be a […]