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April 2018
2018 Grazing School
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 management Grazing management Designing a rotational grazing system Fencing and watering options Strategies to extend the grazing season Matching forage quality & animal needs Creating a forage budget You will have hands-on opportunities to work with grazing tools, try out fencing materials, and practice…
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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…
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Grazing School for Ag Professionals April 2019
April 24-25, 2019 in Raphine, VA, at the Shenandoah Valley Ag Research and Extension Center. 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…
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VFGC Grazing School for Producers in Middleburg, VA, May 7-8, 2019
This class is full. Your invited to register and attend this two-day, intensive grazing school hosted by VFGC at the Middleburg AREC on May 7-8, 2019. This course is designed with both beginner and experienced producers in mind. It will cover everything you need to know regarding better pasture and grazing management on your farm. Learn from specialist how to identify key forage and weed species, timeless principles of grazing management and gain hands-on application of portable fencing components and…
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2019 VFGC Advanced Grazing School
The school will be led by forage specialists from the NRCS & Virginia Cooperative Extension. We will also be joined by, Dr. Tom Griggs, forage specialist with WVU. Tom has spent his career working with grazing-focused producers across the U.S. This school is designed for experienced managers seeking to better understand advanced forage management concepts and intensify their grazing management. You will learn how to: Identify specific benchmarks for livestock on forage diets. Incorporate performance-enhancing forages into your system Use…
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