RALEIGH, N.C. — Have you heard the buzz about making the most out of your forage stands? Are you managing livestock and want to find a smarter way to do it all? If so, consider joining us for some upcoming workshops!
The North Carolina Conservation Districts are hosting spring and fall Improving Pastures Field Days to demonstrate management techniques that will make pastures more weather resilient. All producers and technical resource people are invited to join! You will have lots of time to network with other producers and local cover crop experts as well as view a demonstration field in multi-species cover crops.
Forsyth Conservation District’s Improving Pastures Workshop will be held July 8 starting at 6PM at Beth Tucker’s Farm, 7255 Watkins Ford Road, Kernersville NC 27284. The Workshop includes a discussion of conservation practices pasture evaluation tools, and a tour of the demonstration. No registration fee; RSVP at 336.703.2850 or visit http://go.NCSU.edu/2019PastureFieldDay
To learn about other county projects, visit www.ncsoilwater.org. The Foundation’s Improving Pastures Initiative is supported by the NC Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, Golden LEAF Foundation, NC Cattlemen Association, NC State Cooperative Extension + Amazing Grazing Program, NC Farm Bureau, plus others. More workshops will be announced in the Fall!
–Michelle Lovejoy, NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation