Developing Advanced Grazing Educational Materials and Schools on Sustainable and Profitable Grazing Systems for the North Central Region

Developing Advanced Grazing Educational Materials and Schools on Sustainable and Profitable Grazing Systems for the North Central Region

Summary

This project is currently in the program development phase. In-depth advanced curriculum is being developed. Communications with grazing experts throughout the world is on-going as the topics are being developed. Research on literature is continuing and study tours to Europe (Holland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Argentina are complete.

The first round of advanced grazing schools are planned for March 2000 in Illinois and April 2000 in Ohio. When these schools are complete, the teaching material will be evaluated and finalized for the second round of grazing schools, which will be offered in the North Central region in the fall 2000 and winter 2001.

Topics to be offered for the grazing schools include: Learning Groups, Forage Budgeting, Financial Grazing Success, Soil Fertility, Managing Grasses, Environmental Concerns, Marketing Grass Produced Products, Water Systems, Health Systems for Grazing Animals, Appropriate Supplementation for Livestock on Pasture, Fattening Cattle on Grass, Grazing Standing Crops, and Irrigated Pastures.

Once these topics are developed, they will be placed on CDs and be made available to educators throughout the region.

Evaluation of the programs will be provided by Michigan State University

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