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ADULTS

Full Registration……………………. $40.00

Single Day Registration…………..$25.00

STUDENTS

Single Day Registration…….……*$10.00

Registration Deadline is 7/14/17

Registration includes Meals

But Pre-Registration is Required to Reserve Meals

*Sponsorship may be available for students.

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West Fork Conservation District

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West Fork Conservation District

87 Ollie Lane Suite 104

Mount Clare, WV 26408

JULY 21-22, 2017

Farm Field Day

West Fork Conservation District

87 Ollie Lane Suite 104

Mount Clare, WV 26408

Phone: 304-627-2160

E-mail: WFCD@wvca.us

West Fork Conservation District

Grazing

Management

Strategies

Keynote Speakers:

Hotel accommodations may be found

at the Sleep Inn in Ellenboro, WV

or at any of the numerous hotels

in the Bridgeport, WV vicinity.

Please contact the WFCD at

304-627-2160, Ext. 4, if further

assistance is needed.

* DIRECTIONS * Doddridge County Park:

1252 Snow Bird Road West Union WV 26456

Route 50 to Snow Bird Road, go approximately 1 mile,

Park entrance is on the right. The Maxwell Farm:

Route 50 to Snowbird Road, go past Doddridge Co. Park, go to intersec-tion of Snowbird Rd. & Rt. 18, turn

left on Rt. 18 S. & farm will be approx. 1/10 mile on the right.

Follow the WFCD signs.

Greg Judy

Matt Poore

Join Us for a Two Day Seminar!

Friday, July 21 & Saturday, July 22

Doddridge County, WV

Join the West Fork Conservation District along with WVU Extension and the Natural Resources Conservation Service for an event featuring keynote speakers Mr. Greg Judy, and Dr. Matt Poore.

Learn how to use the right forages and grazing management to meet your production goals and build soil health.

Topics to be discussed:

Mob grazing management

Designing a rotational grazing system

Fencing options

Strategies to extend the grazing system

Matching forage quality & animal needs

Please join us in learning how you can implement conservation practices and adapt management techniques that will allow your farm to be more sustainable.

Mr. Greg Judy Greg and Jan Judy of Clark, Missouri run a grazing operation on 1620 acres of leased and owned land. Greg and Jan went from near bankruptcy in 1999 to paying off a 200 acre farm & house in 3 years with custom grazing on leased land and

are completely debt free today. Greg wrote a book in 2001, entitled “NO RISK RANCHING, Custom Grazing On Leased Land”, which gives a complete breakdown on the methods they used to build their operation from scratch. In 2008 Greg wrote a second book “COMEBACK FARMS, Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Livestock Grazing Management”. Greg’s newest book covers all the methods they use with Holistic High Density Grazing, multi-species grazing, grass finishing animals, eliminating costly inputs. Greg has given numerous talks and schools all over the US, New Zealand & Canada teaching the benefits of Holistic High Density Planned Grazing, leasing land, multi-species grazing, custom grazing, agroforestry and wildlife management. Greg does consultant work for other people interested in setting up HHDG grazing systems. Greg quit his off farm job in 2009 and is now a full time rancher.

Schedule of Events

Dr. Matt Poore Dr. Matt Poore was born in rural So. Virginia before mov-ing to Arizona with his family at a young age. He spent sum-mers working in tobacco, fixing fences, putting up hay, and working with the cattle on his family’s farm near So. Boston, Virginia. While growing up in N. Arizona, Dr. Poore also

worked on a variety of ranches & helped his sib-lings manage a small herd of dairy goats. Currently Dr. Poore’s educational program focuses on increasing the attention producers pay to man-aging their production systems including adding value to calves through backgrounding and allied marketing programs, reducing hay use by extend-ing the grazing season, using rotational manage-ment to enhance forage production and utilization, and improving manure nutrient distribution to reduce fertilizer needs. To address growing de-mand for finished beef from local pasture-based systems, Dr. Poore is working with a network of producers developing systems to produce high quality beef with minimal supplementation on high quality pasture.

Friday’s Dinner Seminar at

The Doddridge County Park (Snowbird Road off of Rt. 50)

Keynote Lecturers:

Greg Judy— “Securing and Developing Economical Grazing Leases” Dr. Matt Poore— “Making Adaptive Grazing Work For You”

Registration starts at 5:00 PM Dinner served at 6:00 PM

Saturday’s Educational

Presentations at the Maxwell Farm

(Owners-John & Sue Ann Spiker)

Presenters: John & Sue Ann Spiker— “The History of the Maxwell Farm” Greg Judy—“Mob Grazing” Dr. Matt Poore— “Maintaining Soil Health & Grazing Systems” Rebecca Flanagan—USDA NRCS “EQIP Focused Conservation Approach - Extended Grazing Options”

Presentations start at 9:00 AM Lunch served at 12:00 Noon

Optional Pasture Walk

Starts at 1:00 PM