Producer Workshop: Using Native Warm-Season Grasses in a Grazing System

Native grasses

Participants will learn the latest research supported methods for reliable native forage establishment and grazing management to maintain native warm-season grass vigor and animal performance through the summer.

Featured Speakers:

  • Pat Keyser, University of Tennessee - Director of Native Grasslands Management
  • Bob Hendershot, ODA - Retired NRCS Grasslands Coordinator

Topics to be covered:

  • Workshop includes a pasture walk to view native warm-season grass pastures at Millstone Creek Farm.
  • Why use native warm-season grasses in your grazing system?
  • Native warm-season grass establishment - Managing to maintain vigor and productivity.
  • Animal performance and economics
  • Warm-Season annuals and cover crop options

This training is being hosted by: The Highland SWCD, Highland County Cattlemen, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, USDA-NRCS, ODNR - Division of Wildlife, OSU - Extension, and Union Stockyards