The 2020 Northeast Pasture Consortium annual meeting was held January 15 and 16, 2020, at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.
The full meeting report may be downloaded as two large pdfs, Part 1 and Part 2, or as individual presentations below.
Session 1 - The Fescues – Soft-leaved and Meadow¶
Jessica Williamson, Penn State University, University Park, PA – Overview of Tall Fescue Toxicosis
Jerome Magnuson, DLF Pickseed, Halsey, OR - Tall Fescue: Advances in Forage Quality and Palatability
Jerry Cherney, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Meadow fescue: A Perennial Grass Option for the Northeast
Session 2 – Pastured Pigs – Feed and Grazing Management¶
Phil Race, Valley View Devons, Nunda, NY - Harnessing the Instinctive Behaviors of Pigs on Our Farm
Session 3 - The Do’s and Don’ts of Silvopasture¶
Kate MacFarland, US Forest Service, Burlington, VT & Will Byrum, USDA-NRCS, Greensboro, NC - What is and isn’t Silvopasture in the Northeast?
Jeff Jourdain, Jourdain Forest Management, Becket, MA – Experiences Establishing Silvopasture from a Forest
Kevin Ogles, USDA-NRCS, Greensboro, NC - How to Identify the Primary Objective of Integrating Animals and Woodlands. Is Silvopasture Actually the Objective?
Poster Paper Break Session¶
Session 4 – Getting the Most out of Winter Grazing by Forage Species Selection/Management and Grazing Management¶
Jessica Williams, Penn State - Interseeding Forages into Corn to Extend the Grazing Season
Heather Darby, UVM - Extending the Grazing Season in the Northeast
Troy Bishopp, Upper Susquehanna Coalition Regional Grassland Conservation Professional - My Quest for Winter Grazing: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Producer Showcase¶
Randy Robar, Kiss the Cow Farm, Barnard, VT - Kiss the Cow Farm, an organic, grass-based dairy selling raw milk and ice cream, pastured eggs, chickens, ducks, and turkeys.
Lora Goss, Stonefen Farm, Pike, NH – Stonefen Farm’s Grass-fed Beef Operation
Session 5 – Pasture Soil Compaction: Identification and Remediation¶
Fay Benson, Cornell University, Cortland, NY - Identifying and Quantifying Pasture Soil Compaction
Larry Hepner, Consulting Agronomist & Soil Scientist, South Kortright, NY - Soil Structure Changes Due to Pasture Soil Compaction
Session 6 - Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Management¶
Mark Dubin, University of Maryland Extension, Annapolis, MD - Reliance Chesapeake Bay States are Placing on Pasture Management Practices for Achieving their TMDL Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed