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CONTACT: Mark Sexton, Communications Coordinator
PHONE: (352) 374-5204; CELL: (352) 283-2317
EMAIL: msexton@alachuacounty.us

For Immediate Release



Forage Management Basics Workshops

2/4/2008 12:05 PM

12:10 p.m.

ALACHUA COUNTY - The Northeast Florida Beef & Forage Group (NFBFG) will offer a workshop on Forage Management Basics at three different locations this spring (Alachua, Baker and Clay Counties).  In addition, there will be a Pasture Management Field Day at the North Florida Research and Education Center - Suwannee Valley in Live Oak, FL, April 5th, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to demonstrate techniques, products and equipment used during pasture establishment and management.

Topics will include:

  • Overview of warm season and cool season forages
  • proper soil preparation
  • pasture establishment
  • understanding plant growth
  • stocking rates
  • liming and fertilization
  • equipment needed
  • weed control (weed ID, demonstration plots)
  • setting up a rotational grazing system
  • maximizing forage quality

The Alachua County workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4th, at the Alachua County Extension Office, 2800 NE 39 Avenue, Gainesville, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Please contact Cooperative Extension Director Cindy Sanders at (352)955-2402 to register.  There will be a $10.00 registration fee which will include a meal and handouts.

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