Small Ruminant Pasture Webinar Series: Planning a Pasture System
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This document announces a 2015 winter webinar series on pasture management for small ruminant producers presented by University of Maryland Extension. The series consists of 5 webinars held weekly from February 4 to March 4, each covering a different topic. The first webinar on February 4 focuses on planning a pasture system and will discuss establishing goals, assessing farm resources, choosing a management system, and being flexible. The presenters are Susan Schoenian and Jeff Semler from University of Maryland Extension.
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Small Ruminant Pasture Webinar Series: Planning a Pasture System
- 1. 2015 WINTER WEBINAR SERIES PASTURE MANAGEMENT FOR SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCERS PART I: PLANNING A PASTURE SYSTEM SUSAN SCHOENIAN & JEFF SEMLER – UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION
- 2. PASTURE MANAGEMENT FOR SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCERS Date Time Topic I. February 4 7 p.m. EST Planning a pasture system II. February 11 7 p.m. EST Pasture plants, including alternative forages III. February 18 7 p.m. EST Pasture and grazing management IV. February 25 7 p.m. EST Pasture nutrition V. March 4 7 p.m. EST Pasture health problems
- 3. INSTRUCTORS • Susan Schoenian, Small Ruminant Specialist, University of Maryland Extension • Jeff Semler, Extension Educator – Washington County, MD
- 4. PLANNING A PASTURE SYSTEM • Goals • Farm Resources • Management System • Be Flexible!
- 5. WHAT ARE MY GOALS FOR THE PASTURE SYSTEM? • Establish well-thought out goals to direct the development of your system. • These strategies will be unique to your own operation. • Evaluate and update goals annually.
- 6. EXAMPLES OF GOALS • Increase livestock numbers. • Increase forage availability. • Improve animal performance. • Reduce feed costs or labor. • Reduce soil erosion.
- 7. RESOURCES • Permanent • Semi-Permanent • Variable
- 8. PERMANENT RESOURCES • Humans • Land • Water Bodies & Sensitive Areas • Existing Buildings
- 9. HUMAN RESOURCES • Most overlooked and undervalued. • Who? • How many? • #1 limiter to success.
- 10. LAND • Acreage • Soil Type • Slope • Aspect
- 11. ACREAGE • How much is enough? • Availability. • Permanency.
- 12. SOIL TYPE • Well Drained. • Droughty. • Wet or Boggy. • Productivity.
- 13. SLOPE & ASPECT • Flat or Steep • Which way do my slopes face?
- 14. WATER BODIES & SENSITIVE AREAS • Ponds, Springs, Streams • Boggs • Seasonal Springs • Sinkholes • Wooded areas
- 15. EXISTING BUILDINGS • Headquarters • Handling facility • Shelter
- 16. SEMI-PERMANENT RESOURCES • Water Supply • Permanent Fences • Trees
- 17. VARIABLE RESOURCES • Forages • Livestock • Temporary Fences • Laneways • Management System
- 18. FORAGES • What are the existing forages? • In what condition are the forages? • What is the seasonal distribution? • Quality Forage Comes From Planning, Not By Luck
- 19. LIVESTOCK • Specie • Number • Class
- 20. TEMPORARY FENCES • Type • How many? • Livestock
- 21. LANEWAYS • Semi-permanent • Width • Base • Surface • Contour • Crown
- 22. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS • Continuous grazing • Simple rotational grazing • Intensive rotational grazing • Mob grazing • Strip grazing • Creep Grazing • Targeted or prescribed grazing
- 23. QUESTIONS? • Jeff Semler • jsemler@umd.edu • Susan Schoenian • sschoen@umd.edu
- 24. NEXT WEBINAR WEDNESDAY, FEB 11 7 PM EST TOPIC PASTURE PLANTS, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE FORAGES