Pasture Irrigation Field Day August 4th

Integrating Irrigation Into Your Grazing System

Thursday August 4, 2016

Joe and Kathleen Hescock's Elysian Fields in Shoreham has been certified organic since 1998, where they currently manage 225 milking cows on pasture. This workshop will look at how they have recently integrated a traveling gun irrigation system into their grazing program. We will discuss the impacts of installing pasture irrigation with opportunities to maximize dry matter yields, shorten recovery periods and increase the number of rotations.

When: Thursday August 4, 2016 at 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Where: Elysian Fields, 3658 Route 74W, Shoreham, VT

Cost: $10 for farmers, $20 all others

Register: At the NOFA VT Events Page or at the field day

This workshop is part of the Summer Organic Dairy Series put on by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) and UVM Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program and the Champlain Valley Crop, Soil and Pasture Program.

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