The Ohio Forage and Grassland Council will be hosting a
Pasture Management Workshop/ Grazing School/ Pasture for Profit Program at the
farm of the newest Ohio Forage and Grassland Council (OFGC) Director Val
Jorgensen’s Farm, 5851 East Walnut Street, Westerville, Ohio. Map of the location is available at http://www.jorgensen-farms.com/map.htm
. The farm is just west of State Route
605 and north of State Route 161. There
will be three sessions April 24 and 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday
28 at 9:00 a.m. until noon that will include a pasture walk and a grazing
system design exercise.
The sessions will cover setting your goals and objectives,
evaluating your resources, understanding plant growth, grazing economic, forage
species selection, developing contingency plans for drought, mud and deep snow,
soil pasture fertility, fencing and livestock watering systems.
Producers need to register by April 20, 2012 by contacting
OFGC at bobhendershot2011@gmail or 740-477-1114. Please see the registration form. A registration fee of $50 per farm will
include materials, Pasture for Profit notebook, Pasture Stick, refreshments and
Saturday’s lunch.
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