Lost Rivers Grazing Academy
- When: Fall
- Duration: Four days
- Where: Salmon
The Lost Rivers Grazing Academy is held every year near the Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center near Salmon. This four-day workshop is for livestock producers who want to increase their forage productivity, animal performance and income. 果冻传媒麻豆社 our page for current information.
Learn To
- Design grazing cells
- Determine appropriate stocking rates
- Design water systems
- Design and build permanent and portable electric fences for use under center-pivots and wheel lines
- Minimize animal stress during handling
- Stockpile standing forage and draw on animals’ “fat banks” to reduce winter feed costs
- Create custom-grazing leases
- Develop a ranch economic plan
- Enhance grazing-management skills
- Improve forage and livestock production
- Increase animal units and net income
- Improve failing pastures
- Reduce costs and hours spent fertilizing, harvesting and feeding hay
- Gain a foundation of knowledge to launch a new livestock operation
- Sustainably maintain and improve ranch productivity
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The Lost Rivers Name
UI Extension’s Chad Cheyney organized the first academy in the Lost River Valley. That valley runs 75 miles from Arco through Mackay and on to Willow Creek Summit south of Challis.