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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Transition Heifer Calf Program
Join us for this hand-on program and demos! We will be offering this program in English and in Spanish.Calf and heifer managers, dairy herdspersons, farm owners, and heifer raisers interested in learning more about how to better house and manage animals as they transition from the calf phase to the weaned heifer phase.
Topics covered:
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Biosecurity: All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots. You will be required to scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival to the program and before leaving.
Registration: $25 per person (includes lunch)