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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. Basic pasture and forage management Soil fertility & nutrient management Fundamentals of grazing management Designing a rotational grazing system Installing and using electric fencing Strategies to extend the grazing season Matching forage quality […]

Twilight Pasture Walk on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Marlboro Angus (Wayne Snapp’s Farm).  No need to register.  If inclement weather the rain date is October 30th. Conversation Topics: Farmer to farmer discussion about grazing through the drought.  Family time during the fall stockpile grazing period.  Novel Fescue and how it can be beneficial to your farm Contact Robert A. […]

Join VFGC for an in-depth look making, buying, and using quality hay and baleage. Featured speakers include Chris Teutsch, Extension forage specialist with University of Kentucky, and Jessica Williamson, hay and forage specialist for Massey Ferguson, as well as local producer speakers from each conference location. Topics to be discussed include: Updated hay economics Using hay to grow grass, when […]

Join VFGC for this one-day school featuring expert instructors & hands-on fence building in the field. Learn materials selection, fence design, brace construction, high-tensile woven & smooth wire installation, & electric fencing. Come prepared to get your hands dirty! Limited to the first 30 to register. This school includes expert instructors from partners Stay-Tuff, Madison Wood, Extreme Driver, and Gallagher […]

Join nationally-renowned instructors Curt Pate and Lewis Sapp in the field to learn about: fence layout & grazing system design moving livestock in grazing scenarios calming and settling livestock using stockmanship to make your everyday chores easier & safer This is a one-time opportunity in a small group setting to learn stockmanship in the field. Limited to the first 30 to register. Questions about […]

The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council (VFGC) wishes to promote and expand the efficient utilization of forages to improve the economic and social well-being of all Virginians and enhance the beauty of the Commonwealth.  Each year we recognize an outstanding forage and/or livestock producer in Virginia.  This award is presented to an exceptional producer who has implemented innovative forage and […]

Summer Stockpiling is a method of grazing management whereby cool season dominated pastures are rested from green-up until mid-summer, then grazed intensively in the late summer. This forage, though not as high quality as spring flush growth, provides a grazing opportunity when other cool season grass growth has slowed down or is semi-dormant in the summer. Summer stockpiled forage can […]

VFGC is pleased to invite you to join our 2024 Southwest Virginia Summer Forage Tour. This is a three-day tour of six cattle operations featuring a variety of forage systems.  Senah Farm, Burkes Garden The Hanes family owns and operates Senah Farm, 700 acres of cool-season perennial pasture at 3,200 feet elevation. The farm purchases 300-400 stockers from the Hickory […]

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.  

broadvisiongroup.com 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 collaborative effort between Virginia […]