Grazin' Days
workshops set
Producers interested in rotational grazing
or those who have received funds through the Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are invited to attend any
one of a series of Grazin’ Days workshops on pasture
management.
Workshops are scheduled August 22 at the Sam Schrock farm in
Davis County; August 23 at the Linda Grice farm in Keokuk
County; August 24 at the Jim and Loraine Stevens farm in
Poweshiek County; and August 31 at the Gene Tinker farm in
Clayton County.
Each workshop will begin at 3:30 p.m. and includes a pasture
walk and discussions on cover plant identification, manure
distribution, decentralized watering systems, weed and brush
control, managing forage heights, pasture condition scoring
and contingency plans for management during a weather crisis
(too wet or dry). A light supper will be served at 6 p.m.
The $20 registration fee includes an updated version of the
popular Pasture Management Guide for Livestock Producers
three-ring binder. For more information, contact state
grassland conservationist Brian Peterson, (515) 323-2216, or
ISU Extension animal science specialist Dan Morrical, (515)
294-2904.
The workshops are sponsored by the Iowa Forage and Grassland
Council, NRCS, ISU Extension, Iowa Beef Center, Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation, Leopold Center, Southern Iowa Forage and
Livestock Committee and Practical Farmers of Iowa.
Using
distiller's grains
Henry Langstraat of Chariton and Ron Dunphy
of Creston are sharing their experiences with a supplemental
feeding system being tested on their farms that uses ethanol
co-products in pellet form.
Both producers are participating in a feeding demonstration
funded by a Leopold Center research grant. Iowa State
University Extension beef specialists Dan Loy and Joe
Sellers are studying low-cost technologies to help smaller
producers more effectively use DDGs in their operations.
The field day on the Langstraat farm was August 7. The field
day on the Dunphy farm will begin at 10:30 a.m. August 31.
For more information, contact Sellers at (641) 774-2016.
Find out about more PFI field days on the
PFI web site.
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