Greene PasturesforProfit
Landowners and managers will learn how to maximize pasture profitability in the Virtual Pastures for Profit Course being held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13, Feb. 3 and March 3, during an online training series.
Central StateUniversity Extension is a partner in this webinar series.
The three 90-minutewebinars will focus on pasture and grazing issues. Participants that attend all three webinars will earn a certificate of completion and receive their choice of a curriculum binder or USB drive of the course by mail.
The webinars will feature:
■ Wednesday, Jan. 13 - Core Grazing Education, Evaluating Resources and Goal Setting, Getting StartedGrazing, Soil Fertility
■ Wednesday, Feb. 3 - The Science of Grazing/Understanding Plant Growth, Fencing and Water Systems, Meeting Animal Requirements on Pasture
■ Wednesday, March 3 – Meeting Grazing Goals/PastureWeed Control, Economics of Grazing, Creating and Implementing Grazing Plans
Attendees will be able to ask questions and interactwith speakers in real time.
Work-at-your-own pace videos and exercises designed for beginners and experienced managers will accompany each video. Available videos will feature soil health and fertility, species specific tips, stocking densities, forage sampling and analysis, winter feeding strategies, conservation practices, genetic traits of forages, pasture layouts, farm economics as well as pasture walks/virtual tours.
The course is also sponsored by Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Federation of Soil andWater Conservation Districts, United States Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service, and The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences.
The webinar course utilizes Scarlet Canvas. For best performance, Canvas should be used on the current or first previous major release of Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari. Canvas runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android or any device with a major web browser.
Cost of the course is $50 and includes the Pastures for Profit manual. Current and new members of the Ohio Forage and Grassland Council are eligible for a $10 discount on registration. To register, visit https://afgc.org/ofgcwebinar.