AMES, Iowa -- Register by June 26 to learn more about managed intensive grazing, pasture rental rates, calf marketing, proper carcass disposal and ag credit for cow-calf operations on June 30.
These topics will be featured at a pasture walk on the Larry Knaack farm near Correctionville, Iowa, on June 30. The pasture walk will begin with a light supper at 6 p.m. and continue until 9 p.m.
Participants will see how Knaack rotationally grazes cow-calf and yearling stocker cattle through a 60-paddock system, consisting of 1-1/4 acres per paddock. His cattle primarily graze an alfalfa-brome grass mix, but he also has 20 acres of canary grass. He pumps water from a deep well to the paddocks through above ground, plastic tubing.
Other current issues featured during the pasture walk will include: how to determine pasture rental rates; developing a marketing plan that can adjust to changes in pasture carrying capacity; proper disposal of cattle carcasses; and the availability of ag credit for cow-calf producers.
The pasture walk is sponsored by Iowa State University Extension, the Iowa Beef Center, Woodbury County Soil and Water Conservation District, Woodbury County Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Credit Services of America, Woodbury County Cattlemen’s Association and the Iowa Forage and Grasslands Council.
To register, participants are asked to please respond with a phone call to Beth Doran, ISU Extension beef field specialist, at (712) 737-4230, by June 26. Registration will be $5 per person, which includes the light meal.
The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state’s beef cattle industry. It serves as the university’s extension program to cattle producers and is comprised of faculty and staff from ISU Extension and the colleges of agriculture and life sciences and veterinary medicine. Together, the Iowa Beef Center’s members work to develop and deliver the latest in research based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about the Iowa Beef Center, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.
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