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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…
Find out more »April 2019
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…
Find out more »May 2019
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…
Find out more »October 2019
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…
Find out more »August 2020
Pasture-finished beef
Forage finished beef is of growing consumer and producer interest. Opportunities to direct market a higher value product appeals to producers. Healthier meat from animals raised on pasture appeals to consumers, and the ability to improve environmental outcomes appeals to both. Getting adequate growth to reach a "finished" state and addressing market issues can sometimes challenge, however. This workshop on forage finishing features expertise from Greg Halich (UKY ag economics) and Ed Rayburn (WVU forage specialist), long-time producers and marketers…
Find out more »May 2021
2021 Grazing School
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 Designing a rotational grazing system Fencing and watering options Strategies to extend the grazing season Matching forage quality & animal needs Understanding a forage budget You will…
Find out more »October 2021
2021 Advanced Grazing School Ranching for Profit Workshop
The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council has partnered with the American Farmland Trust and the Mountains to the Bay Grazing Alliance to bring the professional Ranching for Profit Workshops to the heart of Virginia. Ranching for Profit workshops were first taught in the US by Stan Parsons in 1983. Since that time thousands of ranchers have participated in these professional workshops integrating economics into the development and proper management of grazing systems in the US, South Africa and Australia. This is…
Find out more »April 2022
2022 Adaptive Grazing and Cover Crop Workshop
Allen Williams is a 6th generation farmer and rancher and a founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC. Allen has been consulting with farmers and ranchers, processors, and food companies across the US and in 34 other countries for more than 25 years. Understanding Ag: Understanding Ag is a regenerative agricultural consulting company that provides the support and confidence to help our clients reduce input costs, generate actual profits and ensure family farming futures. We accomplish this by educating and mentoring…
Find out more »May 2022
2022 Grazing School
The 2022 VFGC Grazing School is full, email vfgcforages@gmail.com to request to be placed on the waiting list. Include full name, address, and email in your request. Thank you for your interest in the grazing school. 2022 VFGC Grazing School for May 18-19th is now open for registration. This grazing school is for Producer Only, No Agency Participant at this school. VFGC is hosting the 2022 Basic Grazing School on May 18-19th at the Wilbanks Farm in Orange, VA. This…
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