Pasture and Grazing Management, and Forage Identification

Developing Your Grazing Plan

As the Maine Dairy Grazing Series, this workshop will feature a pasture walk highlighting current conditions and future inventory plans, plant identification and fencing strategies for efficient management, and practical approaches to grazing and pasture management decision-making.

HOST FARM

The Milkhouse Farm & Creamery is located in central Maine on the marine clay soils of the Kennebec Valley, where Jersey cows, Katahdin sheep, and hearty hogs graze on pasture during the growing season and in winter eat forages harvested from the farm. Jersey cows make rich, high protein whole milk with which we make a mildly tangy yogurt full of probiotics. Organic and ethical practices guide land and livestock management at the Milkhouse. It is an honor to care for the animals we work with, the land we steward, and the community we serve. Made from the ground on up, our milk, yogurt, and meats are carefully crafted on the farm to bring simple, delicious and nourishing food to your table.

PRESENTERS

Troy Bishopp is the original “The Grass Whisperer”, does a bit of “Linger Grazing”,

custom grazes cattle and farms for the next generations. The Pop Pop has been

managing lush, integrity pastures at Bishopp Family Farm in Deansboro, NY for 40

years. He also directs activities that help farmers for the National Grazing Lands

Coalition (NatGLC) as their Northeast Regional Grazing Manager covering 15 states

( https://www.grazinglands.org/troy-bishopp-bio) He’s an award winning free-lance

writer/photographer who focuses on rural life and pasture-based systems.

Graham Mallory is a logger and farmer from Jackson, Maine. He brings two decades of experience to his own enterprise, where he grazes Katahdin sheep in a developing silvopasture system, and to his job at Northern Tilth, where he writes Grazing Management Plans for farmers across New England.

Originally from Bogota (Colombia), Dr. Jaime Garzon graduated as Zootechnician (B.S. in Animal Sciences) and got a master’s degree in Animal Production at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, advised by Dr. Edgar Cardenas Rocha. His research project evaluated the performance of cool and warm-season forages and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. During that time, Dr. Garzon also participated in two internships at the Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (Uruguay), advised by Dr. Veronica Ciganda, and the UF North Florida Research and Education Center (Marianna, FL), advised by Dr. Nicolas diLorenzo, working with pastures, rangelands, and livestock management. In 2018, Dr. Garzon was awarded the Fulbright-ICETEX Pasaporte a la Ciencia scholarship, which allowed him to start his Ph.D. in Agronomy at the University of Florida, advised by Dr. Joao Vendramini. His dissertation evaluated the ecosystem services provided by bahiagrass pastures overseeded with aeschynomene, a warm-season legume adapted to soils with poor drainage.

Organized by the New England Grazing Network (faciliated by Wolfe's Neck Center), UMaine Extension, and the Maine Grass Farmers Network.

This program is generously supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement NR243A750008C009 and The Cedar Tree Foundation

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