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Series offers insight on management-intensive grazingSeries offers insight on management-intensive grazing

A three-session grazing school will be conducted in Scio, Ohio, in March.

January 14, 2025

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GRAZING SCHOOL: Topics covered in the grazing school include management-intensive grazing, goal-setting, improving soil fertility and forage growth, meeting animal needs, water quality, paddock design, grazing economics, and year-round grazing. Courtesy of OSUE

Learn about management-intensive grazing through the Harrison County Grazing School offered at the Scio Branch Library in Scio, Ohio, in March.

Anyone interested in pasture management and forages is welcome to join the three-part series, and those new to livestock and hay production are encouraged to participate.

Topics covered include management-intensive grazing, goal-setting, improving soil fertility and forage growth, meeting animal needs, water quality, paddock design, grazing economics, and year-round grazing.

This year’s grazing school is being offered through a partnership between Harrison and Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation districts, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ohio State University Extension and the Eastern Ohio Grazing Council.

Sessions in 2025 will be held on Thursdays in March from 6 to 9 p.m.:

March 6. Getting Started Grazing, Soil Science 101: Soil Productivity and Conservation

March 13. Forage Selection and Growth, Fence and Water Systems, Meeting Animal Requirements in Pasture

March 20. Pasture Weed Control, Economics of Grazing, Creating and Implementing Grazing Management Plans

Cost for all three sessions is $5 per person, which includes a meal each class. Registration is required by Feb. 28. Register by calling 740-942-8823.

For more information, visit cfaesdiversity.osu.edu. For event accommodation requests, call 740-264-2212 at least two weeks in advance of the program.

Source: OSUE

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