Bob
Thank you for coming north and putting on 3 amazing workshops and a field day. The way you are able to relate the content to the average person and change the way they think about grazing is truly phenomenal. You are the grazing super hero! I can not thank you enough! Becca
Stark County Soil and Water Conservation District
Green Pasture Services
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Grazing Basics : How Grazing Can Work For You
Tuesday October 7
8:30AM to 5:00PM
Wednesday October 8
8:30AM to 5:00PM
Thursday October 9
8:30AM to 4:30PM
Location:
Ohio State ATI
Skou 30
1328 Dover Rd
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Fairfield, Hocking and Pickaway Grazing School
What:
Bob Hendershot, ODNR-DSWR Grazing Specialist, Troyce Barnett , Ohio
NRCS Grazing Specialist and T. J. Oliver, NRCS Area Resource Conservationist will
teach a two night, and Saturday morning grazing school. When landowners finish
the course, they will have developed an assessment to complete a Grazing
Management Plan for their operation.
The grazing management plan will outline the conservation practices and
management needed on your farm to improve forage production and animal
performance in a way that also protects the environment. This grazing management workshop is designed
to help livestock producers improve their livestock operation and grazing
management system. Topics covered will
include economics, animal nutrition, soil fertility, forage species selection, paddock
design, conservation practices, plant growth, fencing and watering systems
Dates and Times:
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Tuesday - October
21st, 2014 6:00pm-9:00pm
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Wednesday - October
22nd, 2014 6:00pm-9:00pm
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Saturday - October
25th, 2014 9:00am-Noon
Where:
Fairfield County Service Center : 831 College
Ave , Lancaster , Ohio
43130
Cost: $30 covers course
materials including a “Pastures for Profit” 3 ring notebook and Pasture Stick,
as
well as Refreshments Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Sponsored By:
Ohio Forage and Grassland Council; Fairfield , Hocking and
Pickaway SWCD
RSVP:
Fairfield County
SWCD , 831 College Ave , Suite B, Lancaster ,
Ohio 43130
Phone: 740-653-8154
Please
RSVP by October 17st, 2014.
Tear and Mail - One
registration ($30) per person attending
Name(s)
____________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________________________________________________
Email_____________________________________________________________
MAKE REGISTRATION CHECK PAYABLE TO Fairfield SWCD
Mail Registration and check to: Fairfield
SWCD, 831 College Ave
, Suite B, Lancaster , Ohio 43130
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Fairfield, Hocking and Pickaway Grazing School
Fairfield,
Hocking and Pickaway Grazing School
The
Fairfield, Hocking and Pickaway County Soil and Water Conservation Districts,
and Ohio Forage and Grassland Council will be hosting a Pasture Management
Workshop/ Grazing School/ Pasture for Profit Program at the Fairfield County Service Center.
The Service Center is located on at 831
College Ave , Lancaster, Ohio 43130.
The Grazing School will be Tuesday October 21st, and Wednesday October
22nd, 2014 6:00 to 9:00pm concluding Saturday October 25th, 2014 starting at
9:00AM and ending at Noon. Saturday will
be an outside pasture walk.
The sessions will cover setting your goals
and objectives, evaluating your resources, understanding plant growth, grazing
economics, forage species selection, developing contingency plans for drought,
mud and deep snow, soil pasture fertility, and fencing and livestock watering
systems.
Producers need to register by October 17th,
2014, by contacting the Fairfield SWCD office at 740-653-8154, or at their
office; 831 College Ave , Suite B, Lancaster, Ohio 43130. A registration fee of $30 per person will
include materials, Pasture for Profit notebook, Pasture Stick, and
refreshments. Please contact your local
SWCD or NRCS office for an agenda and registration form.
The program will provide valuable
information in a fun atmosphere that can be used to ensure that the grazing operation
on your farm is environmentally responsible as well as economically
viable. If you are a farmer or a person
with an interest in grazing management-pasture ecosystems plan to attend.
The benefits from attending include
additional points in the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives
Program) ranking process, increased knowledge about forage plant growth,
improvement of the environmental quality; cleaner air and water; healthier
soil, plant and animals. Learn ways to
increase net profit for your farming operation.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
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