Summer Tours

Field day topics include: • Establishing and managing native grasses and wildflowers for cattle and bees • Native grass and wildflower options for planting • Tour of current research on native grasses/wildflowers Click here for flyerPasture Walk flyer SVAREC Fill out my LGL form!

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 the advanced technology of a […]

Locust Dale Cattle Company Summer Annual Forage Plot VFGC and American Farmland Trust are planning an evening pasture walk at the Locust Dale Cattle Company’s summer annual forage plot on the border of Culpeper and Madison counties in the Northern Piedmont. John Paul Visosky of Locust Dale Cattle Company and Jacob Gilley of American Farmland Trust will describe the ins […]

The native grass tour scheduled for this evening at the Southern Piedmont AREC in Blackstone, VA has been POSTPONED due to the severe weather forecast this afternoon and evening. The tour is rescheduled for next Tuesday, June 8th starting at 5 pm with the same agenda and location.  We hope to see you then. A Native Warm Season Grass Tour is scheduled […]

Everyone is invited to attend and learn how Keith Tuck developed a rotational grazing system and is using a diversity of forages to manage for year-round grazing  and improved cattle performance.  Overview and background of farm operation                 -  brief history and overview of farm and grazing system development Using local conservation services for technical and financial assistance                 […]