Agenda
UC Cooperative Extension & San Joaquin Delta College Farm
99 Frontage Road
Manteca, California
May 13, 2022
Time | Topic(s) | Speaker(s) |
8:30 am | Introductions and Course Overview Objectives Ground Rules Logistics | J. Cardoso |
8:40 am | Principles of Managed Grazing - timing, Intensity, Season of Use | S. Larson |
9:10 am | Animal Nutrition, Body Condition, Animal Behavior | J. Cardoso |
9:30 am | Animal Husbandry Basics – Carrying Capacity, Stocking Rate, | T. Becchetti |
10:15 am | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunities | J. Swenson, FSA |
10:45 am | Pasture and Range Ecology Grazing Planning Pasture Assessment | Group Exercise |
11:30 am | Health Issues – Parasite Control, Toxic Plants, weed management | T. Becchetti |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
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12:45 pm | Predator Control | S. Larson |
1:00 pm | Healthy Soils | P. Brownsey, S. Larson |
1:30 pm | Review a 24-hour Graze – Field Activity; talk about fencing | Group Exercise |
4:00 pm | Monitoring, Adaptive Management | T. Becchetti |
4:30 pm | Match.Graze & Marketing Your Business (bidding a job) | S. Larson |
5:00 pm | Discussion | All |
5:30 pm | Dinner / Grazer Panel covering: mitigation bank grazing, grazing in solar, grazing for fire reduction. | TBD |
7:00 pm | Adjournment |
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