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Grass-fed grazing workshop for Ohio and Pa. producers
The Penn Soil Resource Conservation and Development Council will co-sponsor a grass-fed grazing workshop and marketing field day Sept. 4.
University of Kentucky to host small ruminant grazing day
QUICKSAND, Ky. — The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is teaming up with sheep and goat breed associations, Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to offer the 2012 Kentucky Small Ruminant Grazing Conference Jan. 14 at the Western Kentucky University Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green.
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative to link ranchers and conservationists
FORT WORTH, Texas — Grazing lands make up between two-thirds and three-fourths of the national land base. The wise management of these lands has environmental and economic implications that exceed common perception or understanding, said Bob Drake, chairman of the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. “Any serious student or practitioner of conservation, land use or ecosystem
Why would you consider management intensive grazing?
Many of you have seen them — farms split into paddocks where the animals are rotated each week, every three days, once a day or even every 12 hours. Some of you may wonder why? Why go to all of that hassle? Is it really worthwhile? I suppose to some, all of those division fences
Food-grade beans can add to bottom line
SALEM, Ohio – Right about the time high-tech genetically modified soybeans became mainstream, the Schwartz brothers in Trumbull County decided to take a gamble with food-grade soybeans.
How to fund conservation plans
Learn more about the voluntary programs NRCS offers to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance.
Rotational grazing, stockpiling can cut down on fertilizer needs
It is time to look at your pastures and figure out how to get more production out of them so you do not have to make as much hay.
Forage specialists share grazing options at Ohio forage conference
Developing quality pastures, sharing insights from one producer to another, and the latest forage research were all topics at the Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council conference and annual meeting Feb. 3.
School credits aquaculture curriculum with raising pupils’ interest and grades
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Add middle and high school students to the growing list of Floridians learning about aquaculture, a relatively new industry but one that already generates an estimated $250 million economic impact annually in the state. In a remarkable 900-square-foot greenhouse on their campus, students at Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland are trying
But I thought you weren’t supposed to graze livestock in the woods…
Putting cows, sheep and other livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, according to Cornell Cooperative Extension agriculture educators.
