Join us for an interactive pasture walk focused on tools to assist you in calculating forage availability to match livestock needs and paddock size.

• Farm owners, Kim and Janice, will share knowledge gained through their experience managing a grazing dairy and leasing pastures for beef stocker cattle. They are currently using a Plate Meter as an additional tool for estimating forage in their paddocks.
• Hear from Zan McKenna, Eastern NY Coordinator for the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program, as she demonstrates the use of PaddockTrac. This innovative tool provides faster data collection and consistent estimates.
• Camila Lage, SWNY Dairy Management Specialist, will cover a hand clipping technique which may be a value particularly for beginning graziers that have not yet developed and eye for estimating forage.
• The Grazing Stick, provided by NRCS, will also be available for beginner graziers. Lynn Bliven, CCE Allegany County, will introduce this tool.

Hotdogs, chips, and beverages provided. Please bring a lawn chair and a dish to pass.

Please wear clean boots! Disposable boots will be available.

Registration not required however preferred to help us with lunch plans.

Contact Lynn Bliven at lao3@cornell.edu or 585.268.7644 ext. 18 to register.