| DAY 1 | |
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| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
Dave Davis |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Introduction to MIG |
Mark Kennedy
Craig Roberts
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| 9:15 a.m. |
Field Exercise - Allocate Pasture to Steers |
All instructors |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Economics |
Kevin Moore |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Lunch |
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| 12:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
"Basics" | |
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- Soils |
John Lory |
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- Forages |
Craig Roberts |
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- Animals |
KC Olson |
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- Weeds |
Kevin Bradley |
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Field Exercises
- Forage Quality & Yield
- Diet Selection and Diversity
- Nutrient Cycling |
All Instructors |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Supper |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Producer Panel:
- Developing objectives and goals
- Implementing a planned grazing system
- Costs and benefits |
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| DAY 2 |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Grazier's Arithmetic |
Mark Kennedy |
| | Field Exercise |
| - Allocate Pasture to steers | All instructors |
| Developing a Grazing Plan | Mark Kennedy & Maurice Davis |
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| Lunch |
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| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Matching Forage Supply to Animal Needs | Craig Roberts, Robert Kallenbach, & KC Olson |
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| | Fencing | Jim Fitzgerald |
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| | Watering | Mark Kennedy & Maurice Davis |
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| 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Break out Sessions (pick Two) | |
| | - Weed Control | |
| | - Tall Fescue Toxicosis | |
| | - Factors Affecting Value Capture | |
| | - Winter Grazing Systems | |
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| Supper | | |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Look at Farm Plans | |
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| DAY 3 | |
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| Field Exercises (all day) |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Economics |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Allocate Pasture to Steers |
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| 9:30 a.m. - Noon | Develop "Real" Field Plans |
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| Lunch | |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Present Field Plans | |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn | |
