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Wednesday-Thursday, September 8-9 - Eastern Kansas/Tame Grass Grazing School
Monday, September 13 - Grazing Management Telecall
Thursday, September 23 - Butler County Grazing Management Field Day
Saturday September 25 - Livestock Behavior-Based Management Workshop with
Fred Provenza
Tuesday, September 28 - High Tunnel-Building Workshop
Saturday, October 2 - Pasture Field Day
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 26-27 - Community Wind Energy Conference
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - North Central Regional SARE Farmer Rancher
Grant Proposal Deadline
January 14, 2011 - North Central Regional SARE Youth and Youth Educator
Grant Proposal Deadline Grazing Management Teleconference Conversations Join other grazers from across the state of Kansas in a telephone conversation with Kansas State University’s Gary Kilgore and Keith Harmoney at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of the month. Hosted by the Kansas Rural Center, these informal discussions will cover all aspects of grazing management. Who should participate? What’s the benefit to me? How do I participate in the call? Anyone can join in the call by simply dialing in 1-888-387-8686. You will then be prompted to dial in a Conference Room Number. Please dial in 4699043 and follow it with the # sign. This will be a toll free call. You are welcome to leave or join the call at anytime between 7:30 and 9 pm. For more information please contact Jason Schmidt at
316-461-3243. Support for this networking opportunity comes from a partnership with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Eastern Kansas
Grazing School Grazing Management Field Day A grazing management field day will be held September 23 from 5 PM to 8:30 PM at Connell Farms, El Dorado, Kansas. A Barbecue supper will be served at 5 PM with presentations to follow. Topics to be discussed include cattle trails and gullies in grassland, stocking rates, riparian management, alternative water sources, and state and federal cost share programs. Sponsors include Upper Walnut/El Dorado Lake WRAPS, Butler County Conservation District, Kansas Rural Center, and Natural Resources Conservation Service. Directions: from HWY 177 and HWY 54 east of El Dorado, go north on HWY 177 to NE 50th Street, then follow signs. From HWY 177 and the Turnpike at Cassoday, go south on HWY 177 approximately 10 miles to NE 50th, then follow signs. Please call Butler County Conservation District at 316-320-5891 for reservations for the meal.
Livestock Behavior-Based
Management Workshop Set for September 25 High Tunnel-Building Workshop A High Tunnel-Building Workshop will be held at Happy Hollow Farm near Jamestown Missouri on Tuesday September 28 (rain date September 30). Happy Hollow Farm is a certified organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that received EQIP money thru the NRCS Organic Initiative this year to put up a high tunnel. This is a great opportunity for other recipients (current and especially future) of this grant money to get some hands-on experience for how to erect a high tunnel from start to finish. Also participating will be Liz Graznak and Norm Kilmer of Morgan Co. Seed. What to consider, what didn't you think of, what kind of tunnel to put up, how to customize the tunnel to fit your needs, etc. Program introduction and discussion begins at 9:00 AM and construction begins at 9:30! We anticipate concluding about 4 PM. (Stay as long as you can; we'll understand if you need to leave early) Norm says, 'bring a cordless drill and socket set if you have one'. (Have it fully charged! Any other obvious hand tools are welcome). We'll break around noon for a delicious organic lunch. Please bring water bottles as it has been plenty hot this summer and we don't want anyone to get overheated.
Happy Hollow Farm is at 17199 Happy Hollow Road, near Jamestown MO.
Please RSVP by September 24 to - Virginia Morrison (County office
support staff for Morgan Co. Extension Center)
Also sponsored by: Pasture Field Day set for Saturday, October 2 Oren Long and his wife, Vera, will host a Pasture/Grazing Management field day from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 2. The field day will include a pasture walk, hay wagon pasture tour, and grazing related education. Oren and his grandson own and operate a 60-70 cow herd on 225 acres of pasture. Long has developed his unique grazing system over the past 60 years, and has a desire to share his experience and knowledge of pasture management with others who are looking to reduce expensive input costs and increase profitability. “We have a “do-nothing” pasture program, a reliable year-around grazing system that needs no fertilizer. It is a soil building system that is also drought resistant and ecologically friendly," states Long. "It is more productive than fertilized brome, and far more profitable. It is easy to establish and self renewing.” While Long titles his pasture program as a “do-nothing” system, much thought and planning are incorporated into the management of his pastures. Long says, “this way of grass farming is for thinking people, those determined to find a better grassland system, those looking to improve the way they live and farm. What I find most enjoyable about this new way of thinking is watching nature and the cows doing the work, while I do the managing. It’s a great way to farm.” During the field day, Long will give an overview of how to establish his grazing program. The Longs are located 2 miles east of Valley Falls at 16411 Jackson Road. Please RSVP by September 24 with Jason Schmidt of the Kansas Rural Center – (316) 461-3243, or jason_schmidt20@hotmail.com This event is sponsored by the Kansas Rural Center, the Lower Kansas WRAPS, and the Delaware WRAPS. Community Wind
Energy Conference Presented by Windustry, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy. Sponsors include Colorado State Governor’s Energy Office, North American Windpower, WindLogics and Western Area Power Administration. REGISTRATION is now open. Discounted prices are available with early Registration. For more information and to register online, see: www.windustry.org Other Community Wind across America Conferences in 2010:
About Windustry® NCR-SARE
Announces 2010 Farmer Rancher Grant Call for Proposals Farmers and ranchers in the North Central Region are invited to submit grant proposals to explore sustainable agriculture solutions to problems on the farm or ranch. Proposals should show how farmers and ranchers plan to use their own innovative ideas to explore sustainable agriculture options and how they will share project results. Sustainable agriculture is good for the environment, profitable, and socially responsible. Projects should emphasize research or education/demonstration. Grants can range from $6,000 for individual farmers up to $18,000 for groups of 3 or more farmers. NCR-SARE expects to fund about 50 projects in the twelve-state North Central Region with this call. Interested applicants can find the call for proposals online as well as useful information for completing a proposal at http://www.sare.org/NCRSARE/cfp.htm Proposals are due on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. at the NCR-SARE office in Jefferson City, MO. Potential applicants with questions can contact Joan Benjamin, Associate Regional Coordinator and Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, at benjaminj@lincolnu.edu or 573-681-5545 or 800-529-1342. A hard copy or an emailed copy of the call for proposals is also available by contacting Joan Benjamin. We make slight revisions to our calls for proposals each year, which means it is crucial to use the most recent call for proposals. NCR-SARE has funded more than 700 farmer rancher grants worth more than $4,300,000 since the inception of this program. Each state in SARE's North Central Region has one or more State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators who can provide information and assistance to potential grant applicants. Interested applicants can find their State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator online at http://sare.org/ncrsare/PDP/pdpstco.htm NCR-SARE
Announces 2010 Youth & Youth Educator Sustainable Agriculture Grants: Call
for Proposals These grants are a part of the Farmer Rancher Grant Program. Their purpose is to provide opportunities for youth in the North Central Region to learn more about Sustainable Agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is good for the environment, profitable, and socially responsible. A total of approximately $34,000 is available for this program. There are two options: Interested applicants can find the call for proposals online as well as useful information for completing a proposal at http://www.sare.org/NCRSARE/cfp.htm Proposals are due by 4:30 pm, Friday, January 14, 2011 at the NCR-SARE office in Jefferson City, MO. Potential applicants with questions can contact Joan Benjamin, Associate Regional Coordinator and Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, at benjaminj@lincolnu.edu or 573-681-5545 or 800-529-1342. A hard copy or an emailed copy of the call for proposals is also available by contacting Joan Benjamin. We make slight revisions to our calls for proposals each year, which means it is crucial to use the most recent call for proposals. Since 1988, the NCR-SARE program has awarded more than $40 million worth of competitive grants to farmers and ranchers, researchers, educators, public and private institutions, nonprofit groups, and others exploring sustainable agriculture in 12 states. Each state in SARE's North Central Region has one or more State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators who can provide information and assistance to potential grant applicants. Interested applicants can find their State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator online at http://sare.org/ncrsare/PDP/pdpstco.htm ### Kansas Rural Center Links Who We Are Projects Calendar & News Policy & Advocacy Publications Wind Projects Heartland Network Kansas Food Policy Council Clean Water Farms Project Links Home Page © Copyright 2010, Kansas Rural Center. All rights reserved. |
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