AGENDA
PASTURELAND ECOLOGY I
July 8 to July 17, 2014
July 8, Tuesday…………..NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Field Lab Beef Unit
7:30 am
Vans leave hotel for the NCSU Beef Unit at 7:30 each day unless
otherwise noted. Please be ready.
8:00 am - 9:00 am
WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS, AND HOUSEKEEPING.
Each participant presents a 30-second statement of professional interest.
9:00 am - 9:30 am
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE. WHY IS THIS TRAINING
IMPORTANT? Jim Green and Matt Poore
9:30 am - noon
Teams will go to their respective animal units and allocate forage to be
grazed for the next 24 hours. We will be working with beef cattle, sheep,
goats and horses.
Noon to 1 pm
LUNCH at the Beef Unit
1 to 1:30 pm
Pre-test. Jim Green and Matt Poore
1:30 to 2:45 pm
PASTURE ECOLOGY AS A BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE PASTUREBASED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION.
Matt Poore
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Explain root boxes, planting, water delivery and chicken/rabbit grazing
demos.
Introduce students to major forage and weed species present in North
Carolina.
July 9, Wednesday NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Field Lab Beef Unit
8:00 am - 11:15 am
REVIEW ALL ANIMAL DEMONSTRATIONS TO SEE HOW GROUP
ALLOCATIONS WERE MADE THE PREVIOUS DAY. Allocate
pasture for a 2 day period. Jim Green, Matt Poore, and work group
leaders
11:15 am - noon
Improving the use of pastures by horse owners. Paul Siciliano
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Lunch at the Beef Unit
12:45 - 1:45 pm
UNDERSTANDING PLANT GROWTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
FOR GRAZING MANAGEMENT. Jim Green
1:45 - 3:15 pm
PASTURE CONDITION EVALUATIONS. Estimating forage dry
matter mass, botanical composition and pasture condition. Jim Green
and Steve Woodruff
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Understanding animal forage demand. Philipe Moriel
5:00 pm
Graziers' Math. Matt Poore
July 10, Thursday……….. Field Trip.
Field Trip to Frank Hollowell, Hurdle Mills, NC and Rogers Cattle
Company, Roxboro, NC.
Depart Hotel at 8:00 am:
9:30-11:30 am
Frank Hollowell.
11:30-noon
Travel to Rogers Cattle Company for lunch
Noon to 12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45 to 1:30 pm
Meeting nutritional needs of animals on pasture.
Using body condition scoring, strategic
supplementation, and genetic selection to meet
production goals. Johnny Rogers
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Tour of Rogers Cattle Company
5:00 pm
Arrive at hotel
July 11, Friday …… NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Field Lab Beef Unit
8:00am- 10:00 am
TEAMS TRAVEL TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELD
DEMONSTRATIONS TO SET UP FOR THE WEEKEND. NO GROUP
DISCUSSION TODAY.
10:00 - 10:30
PRINCIPLES OF GRAZING MANAGEMENT. Miguel Castillo
10:30 - 11:15
PASTURE SYSTEM LAYOUT AND DESIGN. Jim Green.
11:15 -noon
TROUBLE SHOOTING ELECTRIC FENCES. Matt Poore
noon-1:00 pm
Lunch at the Beef Unit. Runoff Demonstrations using expensive and
inexpensive systems. Steve Woodruff
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF PASTURE AND HAY FEEDING
MANAGEMENT; HANDS-ON EXERCISE. Geoff Benson
July 12, SATURDAY
This is a free day if you choose, but we will be taking a group to Wilmington, NC where you
may visit the beach, battleship or museum etc.
We can help arrange other weekend trips depending upon the interest of participants.
For those who want to ride around the country on Saturday and/or Sunday:
Washington, DC is a 5-hour drive from Raleigh
Kitty Hawk, NC is a 3.5-hour drive from Raleigh
Richmond, VA is a 3-hour drive from Raleigh
Charleston, SC is a 5-hour drive from Raleigh
Asheville, NC is 4-hour drive from Raleigh
July 13, SUNDAY
COMPLETELY FREE DAY!
July 14, Monday………… NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Field Lab Beef Unit
Note: We will vacate the Beef Unit and take all
materials.
8:00 - 8:45 am
Final review of the sheep and goat groups
8:45 - 9:00 am
Travel to the Horse Unit
9:00 - 9:30 am
Final review of horse group
9:30 - 9:45am
Return to the beef unit
10:00 am - noon
SOIL BIOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GRASSLAND
ECOLOGY. Ray Archuleta
Noon - 1:15 pm
Lunch at the Beef Unit Beef Groups quickly give your herd a 2-day
allocation (get help from your friends in the goat, sheep and horse
groups).
1:15 - 2:45 pm
HARNESSING MICROBES TO HELP CYCLE NUTRIENTS IN YOUR
GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM. APPROACHES TO MONITORING
SOIL HEALTH. Julie Grossman
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 - 5:00 pm
HOW PASTURE MANAGEMENT CAN IMPACT SOIL PHYSICAL
PROPERTIES, FERTILITY AND SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY. AN
INTERACTIVE FIELD EXERCISE. Julie Grossman and Ray
Archuleta
July 15, Tuesday………… NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Beef Unit and Reedy
Creek Horse Unit.
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Final discussion of Beef groups
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Travel to the NCSU Horse Unit
10:00 am – noon
Walk pastures and make observations about aspect, soil type, pasture
condition, etc.
12:15 pm to 1:00
Lunch at the Horse Unit.
1:00 to 1:30 pm
How to take what you learned home and apply it. Amanda Schaller
1:30 to 3:00
Groups start work on design project
3:00 to 4:30 pm
Travel back to the hotel
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Continue group activity on your design and layout project
5:30 pm
Vans pick up students to go to the BBQ!
6:00 to 8:30 pm
Carnivorefest! Enjoy a wide variety of local meats. Many vegetarian
dishes on the side for non-carnivores and omnivores as well. Homemade
Ice Cream and local music.
July 16, Wednesday…..Lake Wheeler Rd. Field Lab Beef Unit.
8:00 am
Depart Hotel for CEFS
Goldsboro, NC
9:15 - 9:30 am
WELCOME TO CEFS AND OVERVIEW OF ONGOING PROJECTS.
Andy Meier
9:30 – 10:30 am
BEEF CATTLE AND PASTURE DEMONSTRATION. Matt Poore
10:30 – 11:30 am
AGROFORESTRY AND GREENHOUSE GAS RESEARCH.
Alan Franzleubbers, Paul Mueller and Jean-Marie Luginbuhl.
11:45 am – 12:30 pm LUNCH AT THE SERVICE BUILDING
12:30 - 1:45 pm
MANAGING GRASSLANDS TO BENEFIT WILDLIFE
POPULATIONS. Amanda Schaller
2:00 – 3:00 pm
PASTURE BASED DAIRYING DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH
Steve Washburn
3:00 – 3:30 pm
DUNG BEETLES AND ALTERNATIVE FLY CONTROL
TECHNIQUES. Wes Watson
5:00 pm
ARRIVE AT HOTEL IN RALEIGH
July 17, Thursday… NCSU Lake Wheeler Rd. Booth Building Classroom
8:00 am to 9:00 am
FINISH UP ON GROUP DESIGN PROJECT AND PREPARE
PRESENTATIONS
9:00 am to 11:00 am REPORT ON DESIGN IDEAS
11:00 am – 12 noon
COURSE REVIEW AND SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES.
Jim Green.
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch at the beef unit.
1:00 to 1:30 pm
POST-TEST
Same as pre-test
1:30 to 2:00 pm
COURSE EVALUATION
Official forms to be completed and an informal discussion of the course
and how to improve it.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
FINDING HELP, NETWORKING, AND RESOURCE MATERIALS.
FINAL COMMENTS.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
PRESENT CERTIFICATES, PHOTOGRAPHS, EAT UP LEFTOVERS,
ETC.
4 pm
ADJOURN
INSTRUCTORS
RAY ARCHULETA, NRCS, Agronomist, East National Technology Center, Greensboro, NC 27401
Ray.Archuleta@gnb.usda.gov
BENSON, GEOFF. Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Resource Economics (Farm
Management), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 geoff_benson@ncsu.edu
CASTILLO, MIGUEL. Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Crop Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
27695. Miguel.Castillo@ncsu.edu
GLENNON, HEATHER, MS. Research Specialist, Department Crop Science. NC State University,
Raleigh, NC 27695. Heather_Glennon@ncsu.edu
GREEN, JAMES T., JR. Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Crop Science Department (Pasture & Grazing
Management), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 jim_green@ncsu.edu
GROSSMAN, JULIE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Soil Science Department, NC State University,
Raleigh, NC 27695. Julie_Grossman@ncsu.edu
LUGINBUHL, JEAN-MARIE. Ph.D. Professor, Crop Science - Animal Science Departments (Small
Ruminants and Forage Systems Extension), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 jeanmarie_luginbuhl@ncsu.edu
MORIEL, PHILIPE, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Animal Science. Mountain Livestock Specialist, NC
State University, Waynesville, NC. Philipe_Moriel@ncsu.edu
MUELLER, J. PAUL. Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Crop Science Department (Sustainable Farming
Systems and Grazing Management), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 paul_mueller@ncsu.edu
PIETROSEMOLI, SILVANA, PhD. Department of Animal Science (Pasture Swine Extension
Associate). NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Silvana_Pietrosemoli@ncsu.edu
POORE, MATT. Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science (Ruminant Nutrition and
Livestock Management), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 matt_poore@ncsu.edu
ROGERS, JOHNNY MS. Rogers Cattle Company, Roxboro, NC. jrogers@portbridge.com
SICILIANO, PAUL, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science (Equine Nutrition), NC
State University. paul_siciliano@ncsu.edu
WATSON, WES. Ph.D. Professor, Entomology Department (Veterinary Entomology), Box 7626, NC
State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 wes_watson@ncsu.edu
WASHBURN, STEVE P. Ph.D. Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science (Dairy
Reproduction and Management), NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
steve_washburn@ncsu.edu
WOODRUFF, STEVE. NRCS Agronomist, East National Technology Center, Greensboro, NC 27401.
Steve.Woodruff@gnb.usda.gov
PROGRAM TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
SHAEFFER, APRIL. Research Specialist, Ruminant Nutrition/Forage Utilization. Department Animal
Science. NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695. April_Shaeffer@ncsu.edu
SUPPORTERS and HELPERS
SARAH, LYONS, Graduate Student, Department of Animal Science/NCSU Forage Program.
Sarah_Lyons@ncsu.edu
PAIGE KENNEDY, Animal Undergraduate Research/Extension Associate. Paige_Kennedy@ncsu.edu
Directions to the NCSU Beef Educational Unit
3720 Lake Wheeler Road Raleigh, NC 27603
For a map to the Beef Educational Unit at North Carolina State University,
please see:
http://maps.yourgmap.com/v/s_fg_NCSU_Animal_Educational_Units.html
The Beef Educational Unit is located 2 miles south of interstate 40.
• Exit I-40 onto Lake Wheeler Road and drive south.
• Cross over Tryon, then go approximately one more mile and turn right (west) onto
Mid Pines Road.
• Take the first right (dirt road) and you will see the Beef Educational Unit (which has a
bright red roof) ahead of you.
Rick Kern is the Manager of the Beef Educational Unit: 919-513-7287