A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7, 2002
Winter Dairy Grazing Co
ITHACA, N.Y. There will
be a series of grazing conferences
for dairy farmers around New
York State the week of Jan.
13-18.
These conferences will feature
Larry Shearer, a dairy farmer
from western Massachusetts, and
Dave Surprenant, a dairy farmer
from Illinois, as keynote speak
ers.
Larry Shearer trans
formed his small dairy
farm from confine
ment to pasture-based
and then to seasonal
calving and found that
each step resulted in
improved profitability
and way of life. Dave
Surprenant, a regular
adviser to the Graze
newspaper, farms in
the midst of corn and
soybean country, yet
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farm. He has also begun experi
menting with irrigating his pas
tures. Both will share how their
farms have changed and how
grazing has helped get their
farms to where they are now.
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addresses, there will be talks
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