IE: The picnic will be held at the Harpstefs Evergreen Farm about 7.5 miles west of Ag Progress
Rt 45.
Warriors
Mark
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out and send the registration along with your payment before August 10.
there,
ill, Chairperson, Pcmc Committee
Ramov« and send with payment by August 10.1996
Please make reservations for
Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council
Attn. Picnic
PO Box 355
Hsrshey, PA 17033
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Foraging Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11, 1998—Page
Attend PFGC Picnic Aug. 19
SPRUCE CREEK (Huntingdon
Co.) The annual PFGC picnic is
scheduled during Ag Progress Days,
Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Wayne Haip
ster’s Evergreen Farm near Spruce
Creek.
A registratioft'form is included in
this issue of Foraging Around.
Registration deadline is Aug. 1.
PFGC will provide all the food,
beverages, and fun. Bring your family.
Served this year will be roast beef and
pork, fresh vegetables, Lancaster
County cantaloupes, and other
goodies.
Cost is $8 per person if paid before
Aug. 10 and $9 per person after Aug.
10. Children under 12 are free.
The picnic will be located at the
Harpster’s Evergreen Farm, about 7.5
miles west of Ag Progress Days on Rt.
45.
❖ Special Report
DOES LENGTH OF GRAZING
PERIOD REALLY MATTER?
J.R. GERRISH
University of Missouri
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Providing grazing
managers with a bet
ter understanding of
the interface of graz
ing animals with
grasslands has been
the goal of our re
search and education
program over the past
decade.
Maintaining effi
cient pasture and ani
mal production in ro
tational grazing pro
grams requires
management deci
sions to be timely and
on target.
We have conducted
several studies where
we have evaluated
forage intake by graz
ing beef cattle on dif
ferent types of pas
tures.
One of the areas we
have focused on is
how the length of the
grazing period affects
forage supply and
consumption of for
age by the grazing
animal. Our results
indicate that forage
intake is maintained
at desirable levels in
grazing periods less
than four days dura
tion more readily than
in longer grazing per
iods of up to 10 days.
On the average,
forage supply should
be maintained above
1,800 pounds per acre
but a lower target can
be used for grazing
periods less than two
days while a higher
target must be main
tainned for grazing
peribds longer than
four days.
Knowing these
types of relationships
can allow cattle pro
ducers to do a better
job of maintaining
animal performance
through changing