Working with Producers to Apply Intensive Grazing Management
Webinar Details
When:
Nov 28, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:58 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Shane Green, State Rangeland Management Specialist, USDA NRCS Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Stan Boltz, Regional Soil Health Specialist, USDA NRCS Soil Health Division, Huron, SD
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS) - 1 hour ARPAS Credit
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will learn strategies for explaining intensive grazing management to help producers make decisions about application.
Grazing intensity rather than the rotational grazing system is the primary factor determining successful outcomes on vegetation, livestock, and financial return rates. No specialized grazing system will be effective, biologically or financially, if used with an excessive stocking rate. Intensive is about management more than about grazing. USDA NRCS planners must interact with new and/or long-term grazingland owners so the producer understands how to identify objectives, set goals, and act on monitoring information to intensively manage a successful strategy. Each individual pasture has a place to fit into this intensive management approach. These types of systems are not for everyone, and producers need to weigh the pros and cons before they make the trip to the ranch supply store. Intensive grazing management can have positive impacts as well as the opposite if misapplied. Careful preplanning and taking stock of various constraints and other considerations can help producers avoid wrecks.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
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