The Gallia-Lawrence County Grazing School is scheduled for Wednesday
night November 6, 2013 6:00 – 9:00, Thursday evening November 7, 2013 6:00 –
9:00 and Saturday morning November 9, 2013 9:00 – 12:00. The Ohio Forage and Grassland Council, NRCS,
and the Gallia and Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)
will be hosting a Pasture Management Workshop/ Grazing School/ Pasture for
Profit Program at the C. H. McKenzie Agriculture Building, 111 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis,
Ohio 45631.
The sessions will cover setting your goals
and objectives, evaluating your resources, understanding plant growth, grazing
economics, and forage species selection, conservation practices, developing
contingency plans for drought and mud, soil pasture fertility, fencing and
livestock watering systems. When the
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.
Producers need to register by October 29,
2013 by contacting the Gallia County SWCD at 740-446-6173. A registration fee of $10 will include
materials, Pasture for Profit notebook, Pasture Stick, and refreshments.
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.
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