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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 »January 2020
2020 Winter Forage Conferences-Wytheville
The 2020 Winter Forage Conferences will be held January 21 thru 24, 2020 at various locations across Virginia. The 2020 theme will be Thinking Strategically: The Role of Hay in Today’s Grazing System The Keynote Speakers will be Kevin Yon. Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, SC is a family-owned operation consisting of Kevin and Lydia Yon and their three children, who all work full-time on the farm. The Yons started their own Angus operation in 1996 with 100 head…
Find out more »2020 Winter Forage Conference – Chatham
The 2020 Winter Forage Conferences will be held January 21 thru 24, 2020 at various locations across Virginia. The 2020 theme will be Thinking Strategically: The Role of Hay in Today’s Grazing System The Keynote Speakers will be Kevin Yon. Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, SC is a family-owned operation consisting of Kevin and Lydia Yon and their three children, who all work full-time on the farm. The Yons started their own Angus operation in 1996 with…
Find out more »2020 Winter Forage Conference – Brandy Station
The 2020 Winter Forage Conferences will be held January 21 thru 24, 2020 at various locations across Virginia. The 2020 theme will be Thinking Strategically: The Role of Hay in Today’s Grazing System The Keynote Speakers will be Kevin Yon. Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, SC is a family-owned operation consisting of Kevin and Lydia Yon and their three children, who all work full-time on the farm. The Yons started their own Angus operation in 1996 with 100…
Find out more »2020 Winter Forage Conference – Weyers Cave
The 2020 Winter Forage Conferences will be held January 21 thru 24, 2020 at various locations across Virginia. The 2020 theme will be Thinking Strategically: The Role of Hay in Today’s Grazing System The Keynote Speakers will be Kevin Yon. Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, SC is a family-owned operation consisting of Kevin and Lydia Yon and their three children, who all work full-time on the farm. The Yons started their own Angus operation in 1996 with 100 head…
Find out more »May 2020
Basic Grazing School for May 12-13 2020 to be hosted at Glade Spring
JB Daniel compares estimating stockpile yield using a grazing stick versus a plate meter. The Grazing School originally scheduled for May 12-13, 2020, in Glade Spring has to be cancelled for now due to the uncertain conditions regarding the Corona virus and the Governor’s stay at home order through June 10th. Everyone who sent in registration checks will get refunded in full. If possible we will try to reschedule this grazing school in the fall of the year. Designed with…
Find out more »July 2020
Summer Pasture Walk – Twilight Farms
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 novel endophyte fescue. Featured speakers will include Shawna Bratton, Beef Specialist with Augusta Co-op, Alston Horn with Chesapeake Bay Foundation…
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 »September 2020
Summer Annual Forage Plot Pasture Walk and Demonstration
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 and outs of the plot design which highlights the several different summer annual species and mixes along with innovative modifications…
Find out more »October 2020
Pasture Walk at Adams Family Farm in Red Oak, VA.
Join us for a late afternoon pasture walk on the Adams Family Farm in Red Oak, VA, on October 20, 2020 from 4:00 – 6:30 pm. Rain date is October 22nd. Miller and his family have used conservation programs to develop a grazing system, buffer ponds, complete weed and brush control and convert some pastures to novel endophyte fescue. Hear directly from Miller about his success with the fescue conversion, evaluate a stand planted in 2019 and grazed multiple times…
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