2023 Kentucky Beginning Grazing School

1099 U.S. 62,Princeton KY 42445

25 April, 2023

Description

Tuesday, April 25, 20237:30 Registration and refreshments 8:00 Introduction of staff and participants8:15 Benefits of Rotational Grazing-Dr. Ray Smith, UK8:35 Meeting Nutritional Needs on Pasture-Dr. Donna Amaral-Phillips, UK 9:05 Grazing Math Concepts/ Introduce Field Exercise-Jeff Lehmkuhler, UK 9:45 Break & Travel to Field Demonstration Area 10:10 Fencing Types and Cost for Rotational Stocking-Morgan Hayes, UK 10:30 Portable/Seasonal Water Systems-Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, UK 10:50 Methods to Assess Pasture Production and Determine Stocking Rate-Dr. Ray Smith, UK11:15 Hands-on Setting up Small Paddocks for Grazing Demonstrations-All Instructors12:30 Lunch at farm1:00 Using Electric Fencing to Control Grazing-Jeremy McGill, Gallagher1:45 Hands on: offsets, soil and hay sampling3:00 Travel to teaching facility 3:30 Hands-on: Forage Plant Growth and Grazing Management-Dr. Ray Smith, UK4:15 Forage Species for a Comprehensive Grazing System-Dr. Chris Teutsch, UK 5:00 Discussion and adjournWednesday, April 26, 20237:30 Refreshments 8:00 Grazing Myths that Reduce Profitability-Dr. Greg Halich, UK8:40 General Management Considerations for Grazing Livestock-Dr. Donna Amaral-Phillips UK9:20 NRCS GRAZE Model-Jimmy Henning, UK 10:00 Break10:30 Fundamentals of Laying out a Grazing System-Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, UK 11:00 Case Study: Grazing System Design (Class Exercise)-Adam Jones, NRCS 12:00 Lunch 1:00 How I made grazing work on the farm- Producer Speaker-TBD1:30 Rejuvenating Run-down Pastures-Dr. Chris Teutsch UK 2:00 Fencing Types and Costs - Dr. Morgan Hayes, UK2:45 Complete Grazing School Evaluation3:00 Travel to Field Demo Area3:15 Field Exercise: Observe grazed paddocks and hear reports from each group4:00 Hands on GPS for grazing operations Grain Drill Calibration and Setup Forage related disorders5:00 Final comments and adjourn