This grazing and soil health workshop September 21st at Sheffer's Grassland Dairy will feature the New York Grazing Coalition Pasture Soil Health Trailer. Fay Benson from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) will provide information on how prescribed grazing impacts pasture productivity, conservation, and soil health. The trailer contains a rainfall simulator, water infiltration demonstration equipment, a soil quality and water movement kit, and several other items. Fay is the Small Dairy Extension Specialist with CCE South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops.

Aaron Gabriel from CCCE will join us to speak about the biological, physical, and chemical aspects of soil health in a grazing system and will also lead the pasture walk. Aaron has worked for the past 20 years for CCE and is the Field Crops Educator with the CCE Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program.

The cost to attend the workshop is $10/person which includes lunch.  To register, please contact Tove Ford at 518-765-3518 or tff24@cornell.edu.

The workshop is sponsored by the Hudson Mohawk Resource Conservation and Development Council, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District and the New York Grazing Coalition.