A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 2003 Pa. Grazing, Forage Conference March 5-6 HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Steve Washburn, exten sion livestock specialist at North Carolina State University, will be a featured speaker at the Penn sylvania Grazing and Forage Conference March 5-6 at the Hol iday Inn in Grantville. Washburn will be discussing animal genetics for grazing sys tems. He has conducted consider able research and has traveled all over the Northeast in search of answers to this question. Wash bum will bring the results of his findings to the conference and Transferring NORTHAMPTON, Mass. During March 2003, farm fami lies will have the opportunity to learn about transferring the farm in a day-long workshop offered in 5 locations throughout New England, thanks to a grant from the Northeast Center for Risk Management Education. The workshop will help farmers navigate the farm transfer pro cess and will include presentations by farm ers, extension special ists, attorneys, and land link and land trust personnel. Topics will include: elements to consider when transferring the farm to the next generation whether they be relat ed or not; commu nicating for success; goal setting with the family and farm in mind; keys to estate and retirement plan ning; tools to transfer A lesson well learned.. Lancaster Farming’s classified ads get results! Lancaster Farming Check out our Website wwvifJancasterfarminq.con share them with the attendees. Washburn also has a lot of expe rience dealing with reproduction and especially as it relates to grazing. This will be a good op portunity for you to get answers to those breeding issues you may have. The Roche Brothers (Tom and John) of Ireland will also be fea tured speakers at the conference and they will bring an Irishman’s perspective on grazing to the U.S. The brothers have been involved with grazing in Ireland with a 100-cow herd and 300 ewes and The Farm Workshop Offered Throughout New England labor, management and farm as sets; and the roles that farm link programs and land trusts can play in farm transfers. The pro gram will also include a panel of farmers who will share their per sonal experiences with farm lambs being fed mostly a grass diet. They are also involved with a 3,000-cow grazing dairy farm in southern New Zealand. John is working as a member of the nu trition research team of the Dairying Research Corporation in New Zealand. There he is in volved in a research program to look at Holstein-Fresian cows of U.S. and New Zealand ancestry to define the correct cow for graz ing. The Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council will conduct their annual reception and transfers. Transferring the Farm will be offered in five sites: Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in North ampton, Mass, on March 12; Zenny’s Restaurant in Storrs, Conn, on March 13; the Benton awards program on Wednesday evening followed by informal dis cussions with many of the day’s presenters. Three different dis cussions groups will be con ducted. The topics will be dairy grazing, grass fed beef, and mak ing and utilizing hay and silage. This is your opportunity to get your specific questions answered and to discuss with fellow grazers your current concerns for your farm or the grazing industry. In addition to the discussions at the conference, there will also be a trade show where company Grange in Benton, Maine on March 18; Makris Lobster and Steak House in Concord, N.H. on March 19; and the Charlmont in Morrisville, Vermont on March 20. Each workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The workshop fee, which includes registration, a workshop packet and lunch, is $l5 per person if postmarked before March 5. After March 5, the fee is $2O per Randall G. Renninger Certified Public Accountant Specializing in agriculture and construction industries “We help business people discover ways to cut costs, save taxes, and be more profitable” Call about our FREE seminars 535 W. Orange Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 (717)299-6480 ♦ Fax (717) 299-6390 rSBTV ... Feeder Wagon with Headlocks Zimmerman adjustable headlocks for animals 10 months or older. Mounted on a 5' x 20' or 24' trough with an adjustable tongue All headlocks finished with a zinc rich undercoat & TGIC polyester powder topcoat. Rj Rj representatives will be on hand to showcase what is new with for ages and grazing technologies. You will be able to learn about the newest forage varieties or fence energizer and even pur chase it there at the trade show with perhaps a discount. This conference is being spon sored by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council and the Pennsylvania Grazing Research and Education Center. For regis tration information, contact any local cooperative extension office, NRCS office, or Lisa Crytser at (814) 865-2543. person. Checks should be made payable to: UNH Cooperative Extension and mailed to Trans ferring the Farm Workshops, UNH Cooperative Extension, 320 James Hall, 56 College Road, Durham, NH 03824. For a workshop brochure or more information, please contact Debra Heleba at (802) 656-0233 or debra.heleba@uvm.edu. Any one requiring special accommo dations or scholarship help to at tend should call (802) 656-0233. ULI
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