North Country Hay & Pasture School Night 1

Date: Thursday, March 16th

Time: 7-8:30PM

Topic: Silvopastures as a Strategy to Expand and Enhance Grazing Systems

Speaker: Brett Chedzoy: Sr. Resource Educator- Ag and Natural Resources- CCE Schuyler

Description: Join us for an informative evening to learn how putting more pasture into your trees and more trees into your pastures can benefit your livestock, land and bottom line.  Regional Extension Forester and rancher Brett Chedzoy will share his family's experiences with silvopasturing on their 500-acre grazing farm in Watkins Glen, NY where they utilize extensive silvopastures that originated as farm woodlots, invasive brushlands and even crop fields where they started from scratch over 30 years ago.  For more information on silvopasturing visit: www.silvopasture.ning.com

North Country Hay & Pasture School Night 2

Date: Tuesday, March 21st

Time: 7-8:30PM

Topic: Selecting Forage Species for your Pasture

Speaker: Kitty O'Neil: Field Crops & Soils Specialist & Team Leader- CCE NCRAT

Description: Learn about using different forage species for use in different situations and about the new Cornell Forage Species Selector Tool that can help you select what may be best for your individual farm and fields. We will also have an open discussion at the end of this presentation on topics of interest for those in attendance.

North Country Hay & Pasture School Night 3

Date: Tuesday, March 28th

Time: 7-8:30PM

Topic: An Intro to Grazing Solar Arrays

Speaker: Jonathan Barter- American Solar Grazing Association

Description: Learn about the process of grazing solar arrays, what to expect, and important considerations when looking at this management practice.