On November 13 and 14th twenty-five people from five states and various state agencies and farm managers from private ranches attended the Lowry Grazing Workshop facilitated by Kirk Gadzia. The course was very successful in terms of people getting a mix of classroom grazing planning principles and seeing these principles in practice on the land at the Lowry Ranch. The program focused on key grazing strategies, implementation and all the steps necessary to create a holistic grazing plan.
On November 13th the topics covered were:
Principles & Purpose of Holistic Planned Grazing
Holistic Grazing Planning Guidelines
Holistic Grazing Plan Development Exercise
In the afternoon the group traveled to Lowry Ranch and worked with Nick Trainor, who holds the grazing lease at Lowry Ranch. The participants did a forage measurement exercise and learned how to calculate animal days per acre.
On November 14th the topics covered were:
Grazing Strategies for Improving Land Productivity
Step by Step: Putting Together a Grazing Plan
Implementing & Monitoring a Grazing Plan
Results:
Special thank you to our funder for making this day possible:
Green Spark Ventures
Thank you to our collaborators & outreach partners:
