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October 2018
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!
Find out more »Tazewell Forage Field Meeting October 30th!
Join us in Tazewell County on October 30th at a forage field meeting and grazing demonstration to learn more about using multi-purpose forage crops for extending the grazing season and building soil health. Ten acres were seeded to 5 different annual forage mixtures in late August. Come out to compare the growth and production achieved with these forages mixtures and learn about the different opportunities for using them to support your livestock system. There will also be a special drone…
Find out more »January 2019
2019 Winter Forage Conferences
Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential On-line registration is closed, please register at the event. Dates: January 15 through January 18, 2019 The conferences will run from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The daylong conference will be repeated at four locations: Locations: Wytheville, Wytheville Meeting Center, January 15, 2019 Blackstone, Southern Piedmont AREC, January 16, 2019 Brandy Station, Brandy Station Fire Department, January 17, 2019 Weyers Cave, Weyers Cave Community Center, January 18, 2019 Alternative Forages…
Find out more »2019 Winter Conference: Wytheville January 15, 2019
Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential Dates: January 15 through January 18, 2019 The conferences will run from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The daylong conference will be repeated at four locations: Locations: Wytheville, Wytheville Meeting Center, January 15, 2019 Blackstone, Southern Piedmont AREC, January 16, 2019 Brandy Station, Brandy Station Fire Department, January 17, 2019 Weyers Cave, Weyers Cave Community Center, January 18, 2019 Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential is…
Find out more »2019 Winter Conference: Blackstone January 16, 2019
Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential On-line registration is closed, please register at the event. Dates: January 15 through January 18, 2019 The conferences will run from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The daylong conference will be repeated at four locations: Locations: Wytheville, Wytheville Meeting Center, January 15, 2019 Blackstone, Southern Piedmont AREC, January 16, 2019 Brandy Station, Brandy Station Fire Department, January 17, 2019 Weyers Cave, Weyers Cave Community Center, January 18, 2019 Alternative Forages…
Find out more »2019 Winter Conference: Brandy Station January 17, 2019
Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential Registration is closed, please register at the event. Dates: January 15 through January 18, 2019 The conferences will run from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The daylong conference will be repeated at four locations: Locations: Wytheville, Wytheville Meeting Center, January 15, 2019 Blackstone, Southern Piedmont AREC, January 16, 2019 Brandy Station, Brandy Station Fire Department, January 17, 2019 Weyers Cave, Weyers Cave Community Center, January 18, 2019 Alternative Forages for…
Find out more »2019 Winter Conference: Weyers Cave January 18, 2019
Alternative Forages for Grazing Systems: Unlocking Your Farms’ Production Potential On-line registration is closed, please register on the day of the event. Dates: January 15 through January 18, 2019 The conferences will run from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The daylong conference will be repeated at four locations: Locations: Wytheville, Wytheville Meeting Center, January 15, 2019 Blackstone, Southern Piedmont AREC, January 16, 2019 Brandy Station, Brandy Station Fire Department, January 17, 2019 Weyers Cave, Weyers Cave Community Center, January 18,…
Find out more »February 2019
Stockpiled Fescue: Field Day
Stockpiled Fescue field day will be held on February 19, 2019 from 12 - 3 pm at the Powell River Baptist Association in Jonesville, Virginia. The featured speaker will be J. B. Daniel, NRCS State Grazing Specialist. For more information contact Lee County Extension Office at 276-546-2057 or Daniel Boone SWCD at 276-346-0501. Click for flyer FescueStockpiling_bw
Find out more »March 2019
Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop
Toxic tall fescue reduces livestock weight gains and lowers reproductive performance. This one day workshop will give you the tools and information needed to remove the toxic tall fescue and replace it with novel tall fescue varieties. Speakers include local producers, company representatives, and researchers from across the country. Topics include: fescue toxicosis, economics, establishment and first year management, seed and endophyte testing, long-term pasture management, company products, incentives, and producer perspectives. 2019 Novel Tall Fescue Flyer Fill out…
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