PFI Field Day: Organic Sheep Ranching and Prairie Restoration

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Event:
PFI Field Day: Organic Sheep Ranching and Prairie Restoration
Start:
September 15, 2011 5:00 PM
End:
September 15, 2011 8:00 PM
Category:
Updated:
June 9, 2011
Venue:
Dalla Terra Ranch
Phone:
515 249 1049
Address:
35035 I Avenue, Earlham, IA, 50072, United States

Sharon will share her organic sheep-production and grazing-management practices, including demonstrating a sorting chute/corral system designed with the help of Temple Grandin last year. She will also share with us her experiences with foliar feeding this year as well as native prairie restoration work on the farm.
Discussion Topics:
-Pasture health and vigor: discussion of foliar feeding pastures
-Sorting corral and chute, designed by Temple Grandin in Summer 2010
-Native prairie restoration activities
-Fencing off waterways

RSVP: by 9/5/11
Sharon, 515.249.1049 | ssk@kumandgo.com.

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