Economics of pasture raised livestock workshops
Pt. 1 Economic fundamentals of pasture based livestock systems
Helpful Handouts from American Farmland Trust
Pt. 2 Economic analysis and decision making in pasture based livestock systems
Pt. 3 Practical approaches to positively impact economics of pasture based livestock systems
Nutrient Management Workshops
Pt. 1 Principles of Nutrient Management
Introduction to Nutrient management
Whole Farm Nutrient Use and Mass Balances
Webinar: Principles of Nutrient Management (Recorded)
Pt. 2 Integration of Pasture Management and Nutrient Management
Pasture and Nutrient Management
Webinar: Integration of Pasture Management and Nutrient Management (Recorded)
Pt. 3 Nutrient Management Decision Making Based on Soil Testing
Webinar: Nutrient Management Decision Making Based on Soil Testing (Recorded)
Assessing Soil Health Workshops
Assessing Soil Health Webinar Series
Pt. 1 Assessing Soil Health:
What is the status of my soil health?
Pt. 2 The Value of Soil Health:
Soil, Plant, and Animal Interactions
UConn Soil Health and Pastures Webinar 2 - BLANK Worksheet for Participants
Slideshow: Grazing & Soil Health
Pt. 3 Creating Meaningful Soil Health Change:
Grazing Management Workshops
Webinar Series: Improving Pasture Management for Sustainable Livestock Production
Pasture Renovation and Grazing Workshops
Pasture Renovation, Forage Species Selection and Weed Management
- Pasture Renovation-Sid Bosworth
- Forage Species Selection and Equipment - Rod Porter
- Weed Management - Sid Bosworth
Grazing Systems
[workshop recording]
Extending the Grazing Season
- Spring and Fall Grazing - Samantha Glaze-Corcoran
- Stockpiling- Carl Majewski
- Grazing Cover Crops to Extend the Season - Sjoerd Duiker
Virtual Field Workshop - Stone Hill Farm, Plainfield CT
Virtual Field Workshop - UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst MA
- Nicole Burton - Powerpoint Presentation (Silvopasture)
- Workshop Recording
Workshops 2019
Improving existing pastures and establishing new pastures (2/11/19 classroom workshop)
- Pasture Plants - Rick Kersbergen
- Understanding the Role of Soils - Kip Kolesinskas
- Care and Feeding of Pastures - Carl Majewski
Properly managing your existing pastures (3/11/19 Classroom Workshop)
- Grazing Management - Kimberly Hagen
- Forage Calculations - Bob Skalbite
- Pasture Design and Infrastructure - Kimberly Hagen
Nutritional management of pasture raised animals (4/29/19 Classroom Workshop)
2019 Resources
- Characteristics of farm and pasture grasses in Northeast (color chart)
- Characteristics of forage and pasture species (table)
- Description and seeding rates for forage plants
- Establishing forage seedlings (UNH publication)
- How to guide for using a pasture stick
- Cool season grass ID chart
- Cool season legume ID chart
- Measuring grass cover (quadrant method)
- Livestock Services in CT
- Livestock Services in MA
- Livestock Services in RI
Workshops 2018
Basic animal nutrition concepts and their ties to animal health (5/18/18 Classroom Workshop)
- Ties between nutrition and animal health and welfare - Amy Safran
- Animal nutrition concepts - John Hibma
Sustainably feeding animals and the use of Body Condition Scoring to evaluate animals (6/21/18 Classroom workshop)
- Development of a sustainable diet - Nicole Burton
- Introduction to Body Condition Scoring and BCS of swine - Alicia Pedemonti
- BCS of beef cattle, sheep and goats - Scott Morey
Animal Health and diseases related to nutrition (7/31/18 Classroom workshop)