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July 9, 2019

DON'T MISS OUT! ...

Grasstravaganza registration ends this week!

Sign up today for the premier in-season grazing conference at SUNY Cobleskill

July 3, 2019

UPCOMING EVENT ...

Pasture Walk: Custom Grazing Dairy Heifers

Learn about the production and economics of grazing dairy heifers

June 19, 2019

Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Soil Health Partnership, Iowa Corn, Iowa Soybean Association, Adams County Farm Bureau and Practical Farmers of Iowa, will host a cover crops, grazing cover crops and soil health field day Tuesday, July 9th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Ray and Elaine Gaesser's Farm near Corning. (screenshot from flyer)

FIELD DAY ...

Cover crops, grazing, and soil health field day

The event is free, open to the whole family and includes a complimentary meal

June 17, 2019

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program will co-host a pasture walk Aug. 21 near Garnavillo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Andy Schaefer dairy farm. (Courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

PASTURE WALK ...

Dairy pasture walk to feature NE Iowa grazing farm

Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m, near Garnavillo

June 11, 2019

Graziers John Rock and Aaron Nelson will host a Practical Farmers of Iowa field day, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, focused on grazing native perennials on Wednesday, June 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on land they farm near Peterson (377 440th St., about 4 miles southeast of town). (Courtesy of Practical Farmers of Iowa)

FIELD DAY ...

Field day on grazing native perennials June 19

Graziers John Rock and Aaron Nelson will host a Practical Farmers of Iowa field day

June 6, 2019

Farm cattle. (by sdenness/stock.adobe.com)

GRAZING ...

Greenhorn Grazing series begins June 26

Learn about optimizing forage and livestock production while conserving natural resources

June 3, 2019

FORAGE ALTERNATIVES ...

Forage options for Prevented Planting acres

Late-summer oats could offer a productive, high quality forage

May 15, 2019

Despite what seemed like a late spring, grazing readiness seems to be on track across North Dakota. (NDSU photo)

FORAGE ...

Grazing too early can decrease forage production

Turning livestock out on grass too early can have long-term impacts on grasslands

April 17, 2019

Angus cows graze on cover crops at Tom Finnegan’s farm in Minnesota.

GRAZING SCHOOL ...

Two-day grazing school offered in Monroe County

In-depth discussions and field exercises on livestock and agronomic topics

April 16, 2019

cattle grazing

EMERGENCY GRAZING ...

Emergency grazing on CRP acres in Iowa

Authorization granted to address impacts of recent extreme weather