SHIPPENVILLE (Clarion
Co.)-Registration for the Third
Northwest Pennsylvania Graz
ing Conference has been ex
tended to February 23, 2000.
This years conference will be
held on February 28,2000 at the
Gemmel Center at Clarion Uni
versity. Registration begins at
9:30 a.m. and the conference will
start at 10:00 a.m.
The featured speaker this
year is Jim Gerrish from the
University of Missouri. Re
cently, Mr. Gerrish’s research
has focused on quantifying fac-
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tion across the landscape, how
the length of grazing periods
affect harvest efficiency, and the
impact of different grazing sys
tems on animal performance
and economic return. According
to Gary Swope from the Natural
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what he preaches. “In addition
to his research, Jim operates a
260 acre commercial cow-calf
and stocker operation where he
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Swope. Swope, along with repre
sentatives of Penn State’s Coop
erative Extension Service, the
Jefferson Conservation District
and Headwaters Resource Con
servation and Development
serve on the planning committee
that has put together the confer
ence over the past three years.
Approximately 70 people at
tended the first conference in
1998. Last years attendance of
126 forced the committee to
move to larger facilities at Clar
ion University’s Gemmel Con-
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ference Center.
According to Nelson Smith,
Cooperative Extension Agent
from Clarion, its important for
consumers to realize that a very
small portion of each dollar they
pay for milk goes to the farmer.
“Today’s dairy farmer receives
approximately the same price
foi his milk as he did in 1978,
while his costs for feed, equip
ment and fuel have increased
significantly,” said Smith. Ac
cording to Swope milk produc
ers don’t have many options.
They can try to produce more
milk, they can lower their cost ot
production, or they can quit
farming. Throughout the North
west many have chosen the
latter, to quit farming.
According to J.B. Harrold,
grazing specialist with the
NRCS and located in Somerset,
the purpose of starting this
annual conference was to bring
first hand, up to date research
and expertise directly to dairy
and livestock producers.
“Hopefully
what they are exposed
to at the conference
will show them that
they use forage and
pasture systems to sig
nificantly reduce their
cost of production and
increase their profit
margin,” said Har
rold.
Susan Alexander,
Cooperative Extension
Service in Jefferson
County, pointed out
that reducing the cost
of production is just as
important in beef and
other livestock opera
tions. “Every penny
that can be cut out of
the cost of production
goes right into the pro
ducers profit margin,”
according to Alexan
der.
To make your reser
vation for the North
west Pennsylvania
Grazing Conference
call 814-375-1372 ex
tension 4.
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