The Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council will host an Equine Pasture Management Field Day on September 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Quodomine Veterinary Services, 70 Schoolhouse Road, Bloomsburg in Columbia County.

Participants will learn:

-- How to evaluate your pasture (and have fun doing it!)

-- Practice identifying pasture forages and learn about each type

-- Learn how grass grows and what it takes to keep grass healthy

-- Learn about new protocol for parasite management

-- Learn about the importance of rotation grazing and heavy use areas

-- Discover resources that are available to help you improve your pasture

Dr. Linda Quodomine, DVM, event co-host and owner of Quodomine Veterinary Services will provide information about new protocols for parasite management.

Donna Foulk, Grazing Advisor with Capital RC&D, will demonstrate how to evaluate pasture quality, will discuss the biology of forage growth and health, will highlight practices that can enhance forage survival, and will help participants identify major forages and weeds.

She will be joined by Suzette Truax, Grazing Specialist with USDA-NRCS, who will focus on how to develop rotation grazing systems and heavy use areas that can be beneficial in maintaining forage survival throughout the year. Suzette will also discuss resources that are available to make pasture improvements.

This event is sponsored by Capital RC&D through partnership with the Stroud Water  Research Center and with funding through a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed grant.

There is no charge for the event, but registration is requested.

Click Here to register and for more information.  You can also register by calling 717-241-4361- please leave a message for extension 15 or by sending an email to:  info@capitalrcd.org.

Questions should be directed to Cheryl Burns at Capital RC&D at 717-241-4361 or via email at cburns@capitalrcd.org. 

Visit the Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council for more information on educational resources available to landowners on farm conservation and management.

[Posted: September 8, 2021]

9/13/2021