2018 Advanced Grazing School

Handouts & Supplementary Information

• Manipulating Forage Growth and Grazing Behavior
  • Behavior Facts
  • Structure, Quality, and Skills Interact to Influence Forage Intake

• Southern Forages: Yield, Distribution, and Quality
  • Principles of Plant Growth...Factors Which Affect Growth and Persistence of Plants

• Optimizing the Size, Number and Layout of Your Paddocks
  • Grazing Wedge Calculator
  • Graziers'Arithmetic - Grazing Calculator
  • Daily Forage Need Calculator

• Sketching out the Ideal: Planning the Grazing System
  • Priceless Grazing
  • There's Power in Polywire
  • 5 Steps to Assistance
  • Locate your Local Service Center
  • Guide Sheet for Developing a Prescribed Grazing System
  • 5 Frequently Asked Pasture Questions
  • Top 10 Traits of a Successful Grazing Land Manager
  • Web Soil Survey

• Importance of Taking a Good Forage Sample

• Matching Forage with Livestock Needs
  • Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows
  • Feed Library
  • Feeding Considerations for Byproduct Feeding
  • Cow Management Sheet

• Supplementation Options and Limitations
  • Nutrient Requirements for Growing Bulls
  • Nutrient Requirements for Brood Cows - Average Milking
  • Nutrient Requirements for Heifers
  • Nutrient Requirements for Medium Frame Steer Calves

• Ration Balancing Exercise using Participants Samples (UGA Basic Balancer Instructions)

• Weed Management Strategies in Grazed Pastures

• Winter Annual Species and Variety Selection
  • Georgia Forages: Grass Species
  • Georgia Forages: Legume Species

• Data Review: Animal Performance on Winter Annual Forages

• Summer Annual Species and Variety Selection

• Data Review: Animal Performance on Summer Forages

• How to use Soil Testing and Plant Tissue Analyses in Grazing Systems
  • Soil Test and Plant Analysis Report Example

• Nutrient Distribution and tactics to Manage Grazing Behavior

• Lime and Fertilizer Options Available to Pasture Managers
  • Nutrient Content of Fertilizer Materials
  • Best Management Practices for Wood as an Agricultural Soil Amendment
  • Poultry Litter Application on Pastures and Hayfields
  • Buyer Beware When it Comes to "Alternatives' to Ag Lime
  • Beneficial Reuse of Municipal Biosolids in Agriculture

• Benefits and Limitations of Using Poultry Litter in Grazing Systems

• Bahiagrass or Bermudagrass? What Makes the Most Economic Sense?

• Review of Bahiagrass and Bermudagrass Varieties
  • Selecting a Forage Bermudagrass Variety
  • The Management and Use of Bahiagrass

• Bermudagrass Stem Maggot Management
  • Managing Bermudagrass Stem Maggots

• Appendix
  • Unlock the Secrets of the Soil: Basics and Benefits
  • Unlock your Farms Potential: Discover the Cover
  • Unlock your Farms Potential: Do Not Disturb
  • Soil Organic Matter: The Patures's Temperature Gauge