{"id":93,"date":"2014-01-02T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/?p=93"},"modified":"2014-01-02T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T23:27:20","slug":"countdown-to-the-vt-grazing-livestock-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/2014\/01\/02\/countdown-to-the-vt-grazing-livestock-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the VT Grazing &amp; Livestock Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/files\/2013\/11\/2013-07-24-14.22.25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-70\" alt=\"2013-07-24 14.22.25\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/files\/2013\/11\/2013-07-24-14.22.25-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/files\/2013\/11\/2013-07-24-14.22.25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pasture-vtpasture\/files\/2013\/11\/2013-07-24-14.22.25-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Coming Right Up: 18<sup>th<\/sup> Annual VT Grazing &amp; Livestock Conference<br \/>\nFarm Management Decisions: More Than the Sum(s) of Their Parts<br \/>\nJanuary 17 &amp; 18, 2014 Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The conference will include day-long focused sessions on soil health and farm planning on Friday January 17.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>On Saturday January 18, there will be 21 workshops for all types of livestock operations including dairy, beef, sheep, swine, poultry.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The conference features keynote speaker Dr. Ben Bartlett, retired Extension Livestock Specialist from Michigan State University and farmer raising sheep and beef, as well as other national, regional, and local speakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Workshop highlights include sessions on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Day-long soil health intensive\u2014get the most from your soil<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Building a productive, profitable and pleasurable farm operation<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Implications of soil health\u2014measuring what we see<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Economics of grazing under different scenarios<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Low and no-grain feeding<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Haylage quality and feeding for pasture-based farms<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Low stress animal handling<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>More sheep, less work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ready to register?\u00a0 Online registration <a href=\"https:\/\/2014vtgrazelivestock.eventbrite.com\">here<\/a>.Looking to learn more?\u00a0 Check out workshop details and speakers <a href=\"http:\/\/18thannualvtgrazinglivestoc2014.sched.org\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Conference hosted by the Vermont Grass Farmers Association (VGFA) and the Vermont Beef Producers\u2019 Associations (VBPA), and coordinated by the UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Registration discounts are available for VGFA and VBPA members.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>More details about the conference as well as registration are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/pasture\">www.uvm.edu\/pasture<\/a>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Contact conference coordinator Jenn Colby at <a href=\"mailto:jcolby@uvm.edu\">jcolby@uvm.edu<\/a>, (802) 656-0858 with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming Right Up: 18th Annual VT Grazing &amp; 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