30th Annual Southwest Missouri Spring Forage Conference

The 30^th Annual Southwest Missouri Spring Forage Conference will be held February 25th, 2014 from 8 am to 3:30 pm at the University Plaza Hotel in Springfield, MO.

Agenda

8:00 – Registration

8:45 - 9:30 – Concurrent Session A

(Select one of these four sessions to attend)

(A1) How Do You Know a Change in Your Management Will it be Profitable? Jim Gerrish, American Grazing Lands Services, Patterson, Idaho

(A2) Soil Health and Grazing (High Density/Short Duration), Doug Peterson, State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS, Gallatin, MO (REPEATED at 2:45 pm)

(A3) Addressing Misconceptions in Agriculture, Glenn Cope, Producer, Lawrence, MO

(A4) Multi-Species Grazing Management (Cattle, Sheep, Goats), Randy Williams, Producer, Arkansas

 9:30 - 10:15 am – Break & Visit Trade Show

10:15 - 11:00 – Concurrent Session B

(Select one of these four sessions to attend)

(B1) Using Strip-Grazing to Manage Annual and Perennial Pasture, Mark Kennedy, MFGC Grazing Consultant, Texas County, MO (REPEATED at 2:45 pm)

(B2) Pasture Renovation and Restoration, Sarah Kenyon, MU Extension Agronomy Specialist, Houston, MO (REPEATED at 2:45 pm)

(B3) Getting Started with Your Grazing System, Producers’ Experiences, Larry Israel, Producer, Stone County, MO and Ron Locke, Producer, Dallas County, MO

(B4) Opportunities in Grass-based Dairy Production, Joe Horner, MU Extension Agriculture Economist, Columbia, MO

11:00 - 11:45 am – Break & Visit Trade Show

11:45 – Luncheon Keynote Address - “Grazing Management Based on the Four Ecosystem Processes”, Jim Gerrish, American Grazing Lands Services

1:15 - 1:45 pm – Break & Visit Trade Show

1:45 - 2:30 – Concurrent Session C

(Select one of these four sessions to attend)

(C1) Question & Answer Time with Keynote Speaker Jim Gerrish, Patterson, Idaho

(C2) How to Cut Costs & Increase Profits, Wesley Tucker, MU Extension Agriculture Economist, Bolivar, MO

(C3) Poisonous Plants, Tim Evans, DVM/PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

(C4) Quality Hay Production, Tim Schnakenberg, MU Extension Agronomy Specialist, Galena, MO

2:30 - 2:45 pm – Break

2:45 - 3:30 – Concurrent Session D

(Select one of these four sessions to attend)

(D1) Manage What You Have - Plant Fence Posts First, Mark Green, District Conservationist, NRCS, Springfield, MO

(D2) Soil Health and Grazing (High Density/ Short Duration), Doug Peterson, State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS, Columbia, MO

(D3) Using Strip-Grazing to Manage Annual and Perennial Pasture, Mark Kennedy, MFGC Grazing Consultant, Texas County, MO

(D4) Pasture Renovation and Restoration, Sarah Kenyon, MU Extension Agronomy Specialist, Houston, MO

3:30 pm – Adjourn

Registration is $35 per person before February 19^th and $45 afterwards.  For more information call 417-831-5246 ext. 3 or go to the website.