Upcoming Events

December 15, 2011 Winter Beef Meeting, Golden, IL

January 9-11, 2012  American Forage and Grassland Conference, Louisville, KY  www.afgc.org

January 11-12, 2012 Northern Illinois Farm Show, Dekalb, IL

January 12-14, 2012 Grassworks Grazing Conference, Wausau/Rothschield, WI

January 25-26, 2012 Midwest Ag. Expo, Gifford, IL

January 25 & 26, 2012  Heart of America Grazing Conference, Mt. Vernon, IL  http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ajmpu/hoa/.

January 28, 2012 Sheep & Goat Workshop, Bourbonnais, IL 

Illinois Grazing Manual Now Available Online

The Illinois Grazing Manual is available online.  For more information on grazing visit http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/grazing/GrzMan.html  The indepth document details technical information on:  grazing mangement, inventories, establishement/renovation, species, noxious/invasive species, animal health, fertility, watering infrastructure and livestock handling & nutrition.  View the information via the link above or contact your local NRCS office for more information.