Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
Event Details
Join the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) on August 2nd, 2022 from 11:00-12:00 CST via Zoom to learn more about the opportunities available as an Apprentice or farmer Mentor, as well as what managed grazing looks like on a dairy farm. Angie Sullivan, Apprenticeship Director and Altfrid Krusenbaum of Krusengrass Consulting will guide you through the DGA program, share opportunities and success stories, and describe what managed dairy grazing looks like in real life scenarios. DGA works with farmers and Apprentices in 15 and provides first class education to the next generation of dairy farmers through the first of its kind in the nation recognized apprentice program. This meeting will also be recorded for later viewing and translated into Spanish.
Please register at https://forms.gle/u9JJkrekVfEXNu1Z9. For more information please contact Ashley at ashley@dga-national.org, (518) 265-2658, or www.dga-national.org.
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