Maine Beef Producers Assoc. & Maine Grass Farmers Network present the 7th Annual Grazing Conference Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:30am - 4pm Kennebec Valley Community College - Fairfield, ME	Register Online
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8:30 am	Registration		Grassfed & Grainfed Cookoff!   Think your grassfed or grainfed beef product is superior?  Here’s your chance to prove it!   If you are interested in participating and want to win the associated bragging rights, call Rick Kersbergen at 1-800-287-1426 or richard.kersbergen@maine.edu for details on how to submit a sample!
9 am	Jim Gerrish: What Really Matters in Grazing Management
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	David Kennard Fencing for multi species grazing	Gary Anderson Understanding Forage Quality
12:15 pm	Grassfed & Grainfed steak cookoff	Lunch
1-1:15 pm	Tori Jackson - UMaine Extension: Crop Insurance update
1:15 pm	Lauchlin Titus Soils amendments - where to get the best bang for your dollar	Rick Kersbergen Forage harvest - what are some alternative options for Maine farmers
2:15 pm	Jim Gerrish Stock Density: The most Powerful tool in a grazier's toolbox
3:15 pm	Trade Show	MGFN and MBA annual meetings

 

Jim Gerrish	David Kennard	Lauchlin Titus
Jim’s experience includes over 20 years of beef-forage systems research and outreach while on the faculty of the University of Missouri, and 20 years of commercial cattle and sheep production on his family farm in northern Missouri. The University of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center rose to national prominence as a result of his research leadership which encompassed many aspects of plant-soil-animal interactions and provided foundation for many of the basic principles of Management-intensive Grazing.	Since 1975, David has owned Wellscroft Farm, one of New England's largest working sheep farms.  In 2005, the eleven thousandth lamb was born, which now consists of a flock of roughly 200 commercial Dorset-Cross ewes. Wellscroft Farm has built up its excellence earning it the award of Farm of Distinction in 1999.  David also raises and trains Border Collies which he uses on the farm every day and is also widely known and praised throughout New England for his entertaining and informative herding demonstrations.	Lauchlin has more than 35 years of experience and service in Maine agriculture. He’s actively involved a host of agricultural boards, associations, and memberships. Before establishing his own AG Matters business, he worked for AGWAY advising farmers on their fertilizer and agronomy practices.

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