Gain insight to improve your soil and pasture, extend your grazing season utilizing various annuals, and evaluate cattle for increased efficiency. Hands-on cattle evaluation and pasture walk are included in conference.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
7:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Agenda
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Arrival and Registration |
| 8:00 - 8:10 am | Welcome |
| - NRCS, Conservation District and Bob VanKirk (4 Seasons Farm LLC) | |
| 8:10 - 8:20 am | Renaissance Nutrition |
| 8:20 - 9:45 am | Adaptive Grazing and Forage Management for Optimum Productivity, Soil Health Building, and Profitability |
| - Dr. Allen Williams | |
| Best Practices Incorporating Annuals into the Graiing Program to Improve Soil and Expand the Grazing Season | |
| - Dr. Allen Williams | |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | BREAK |
| 10:00 -11:00 am | Breeding Cattle for Optimal Performance on Grass |
| - Jeremy Engh | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 pm | Discussion on Soil Tests (Host Farm Bio/Haney Test Available) and Pasture Walk |
| - Jeremy Engh and Dr. Allen Williams | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Role of Epigenetic Factors in Soil, Plant, and Animal Performance and Health |
| - Dr. Allen Williams | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Evaluation of Cattle (Visual, Performance Records, EPDs, Lakota Bull Test) |
| - Jeremy Engh | |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | BREAK |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Visual Evaluation of Cattle in Pens and Ultrasound Demo to Determine Carcass Quality |
| - Jeremy Engh and Dr. Allen Williams | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Optional Tour of Coleman Farm: Multi- Paddock Graiing System with Spring Development and Solar Pumping Station |
| - Jeremy Engh and Dr. Allen Williams | |