Today is the second in a series on Integrating Poultry and Crop Production for Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development
July 28, 2023 2:00-3:30PM PDT / 3:00-4:30PM MDT / 4:00-5:30 CDT / 5:00-6:30 EDT
Integrating Poultry in Vegetable Rotations: What poultry density is needed to increase crop yields?
Guest speaker: Dr. David Gonthier
To register: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebQWEiw1bfvxgjA
Even if you can't make it today, or missed this one, go to our course registration form to learn more and sign up for announcement of future events!
Agenda
• Background on poultry integration into vegetable production
• Rotational grazing and movable pens
• How to estimate poultry density within pastures
• Experimental results evaluating broiler density and vegetable yield
• Management considerations
This webinar and future extension and education events are offered as part of the project titled: "Two Strong Wings, Cover Crops & Veggies: Developing the Next Generation of Integrative Farmers in California, Iowa and Kentucky", funded under the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). Our programs offer beginning farmers the opportunity to learn about integrated crop-poultry production.
Please feel free to contact me for more information!
Ann
July 28, 2023 2:00-3:30PM PDT / 3:00-4:30PM MDT / 4:00-5:30 CDT / 5:00-6:30 EDT
Integrating Poultry in Vegetable Rotations: What poultry density is needed to increase crop yields?
Guest speaker: Dr. David Gonthier
To register: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebQWEiw1bfvxgjA
Even if you can't make it today, or missed this one, go to our course registration form to learn more and sign up for announcement of future events!
Agenda
• Background on poultry integration into vegetable production
• Rotational grazing and movable pens
• How to estimate poultry density within pastures
• Experimental results evaluating broiler density and vegetable yield
• Management considerations
This webinar and future extension and education events are offered as part of the project titled: "Two Strong Wings, Cover Crops & Veggies: Developing the Next Generation of Integrative Farmers in California, Iowa and Kentucky", funded under the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). Our programs offer beginning farmers the opportunity to learn about integrated crop-poultry production.
Please feel free to contact me for more information!
Ann