Developing Your Grazing Plan

Developing Your Grazing Plan

As the Maine Dairy Grazing Series, this workshop will guide participants through the essential elements of creating an effective grazing plan, from defining goals to charting a clear path forward. Attendees will explore practical tools for pasture management and monitoring, learn how to “read the land” from a farmer’s perspective, and engage in evaluating and refining ideas for on-farm improvements.

HOST FARM

The Reed Farm is owned and operated by Nate and Katie Clark since 2017, and is a 240-acres farm located in Windsor, Maine. They milk a herd of 50-Jersey cows and will talk about their farm and how they go about designing grazing plans.

PRESENTERS

Troy Bishopp is the original “The Grass Whisperer”, does a bit of “Linger Grazing”,

custom grazes cattle and farms for the next generations. The Pop Pop has been

managing lush, integrity pastures at Bishopp Family Farm in Deansboro, NY for 40

years. He also directs activities that help farmers for the National Grazing Lands

Coalition (NatGLC) as their Northeast Regional Grazing Manager covering 15 states

(https://www.grazinglands.org/troy-bishopp-bio) He’s an award winning free-lance

writer/photographer who focuses on rural life and pasture-based systems.

Graham Mallory is a logger and farmer from Jackson, Maine. He brings two decades of experience to his own enterprise, where he grazes Katahdin sheep in a developing silvopasture system, and to his job at Northern Tilth, where he writes Grazing Management Plans for farmers across New England.

Originally from Bogota (Colombia), Dr. Jaime Garzon graduated as Zootechnician (B.S. in Animal Sciences) and got a master’s degree in Animal Production at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, advised by Dr. Edgar Cardenas Rocha. His research project evaluated the performance of cool and warm-season forages and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. During that time, Dr. Garzon also participated in two internships at the Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (Uruguay), advised by Dr. Veronica Ciganda, and the UF North Florida Research and Education Center (Marianna, FL), advised by Dr. Nicolas diLorenzo, working with pastures, rangelands, and livestock management. In 2018, Dr. Garzon was awarded the Fulbright-ICETEX Pasaporte a la Ciencia scholarship, which allowed him to start his Ph.D. in Agronomy at the University of Florida, advised by Dr. Joao Vendramini. His dissertation evaluated the ecosystem services provided by bahiagrass pastures overseeded with aeschynomene, a warm-season legume adapted to soils with poor drainage.

Organized by the New England Grazing Network (faciliated by Wolfe's Neck Center), UMaine Extension, and the Maine Grass Farmers Network.

This program is generously supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement NR243A750008C009 and The Cedar Tree Foundation

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

268 Reed Rd, 268 Reed Road, Windsor, United States