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September 2018
“Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses” MARE Center
A day-long workshop to address the needs of small horse farms. Includes lectures and hands-on field demonstrations by professionals. Learn about conservation practices that benefit land, water and animals. Pasture and grazing management Plant identification and selection Maintaining healthy soils Farm management for healthy water Manure management and composting Nutrient management planning $35 per person. Lunch provided. September 25, 2018 Virginia Tech MARE Center 5527 Sullivans Mill Road Middleburg, VA 20117 Contact: Bridgett McIntosh, 540-687-3521 Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »October 2018
Grazing School for Ag Professionals
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: ● Forage species, plant growth and grazing management ● Farm assessment and forage supply/livestock demand ● Grazing arithmetic and pasture allocation ● Grazing system design, livestock flow, stock density management and grazing plan development Registration…
Find out more »Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses: Roanoke
A day-long workshop to address the needs of small horse farms. Includes lectures and hands-on field demonstrations by professionals. Learn about conservation practices that benefit land, water and animals. Pasture and grazing management Plant identification and selection Maintaining healthy soils Farm management for healthy water Manure management and composting Nutrient management planning $35 per person. Lunch provided. October 10, 2018 Virginia Cooperative Extension 3738 Brambleton Ave. Roanoke, VA 24018 Contact: Kate Lawrence, 540-473-8260 Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses: Free Union
A day-long workshop to address the needs of small horse farms. Includes lectures and hands-on field demonstrations by professionals. Learn about conservation practices that benefit land, water and animals. Pasture and grazing management Plant identification and selection Maintaining healthy soils Farm management for healthy water Manure management and composting Nutrient management planning $35 per person. Lunch provided. October 11, 2018 Durbin Arena 4429 Catterton Road Free Union, VA 22940 Contact: Carrie Swanson, 434-872-458 Fill out my LGL form!
Find out more »Advanced Grazing School
Reaching for the Next Level in Grazing Management? 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: cool – and warm-season annual pasture, native warm-season pasture, alfalfa based systems, and improved cool-season perennial pasture.…
Find out more »Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses: Chesapeake VA
A day-long workshop to address the needs of small horse farms. Includes lectures and hands-on field demonstrations by professionals. Learn about conservation practices that benefit land, water and animals. Pasture and grazing management Plant identification and selection Maintaining healthy soils Farm management for healthy water Manure management and composting Nutrient management planning $35 per person. Lunch provided. October 30, 2018 Hickory Ruritan Club 2752 S. Battlefield Blvd. Chesapeake, VA 23322 Contact: Stephanie Drzal, 757-925-2469 Fill out my LGL form!
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