About this session
Our final winter session is built around your questions and priorities. During the first three Grazing Club evenings, we have asked participants to identify the topics they most want to dig deeper into. And so, the producer’s choice for this session is ‘Extended Grazing & Cover Cropping’.
This session will be fully tailored to participant interest, with practical discussion, shared experience, and learning built around real-world challenges from producers in our region.
Evening Schedule
5:00 PM — Welcome & Coffee
5:15 PM — Opening Presentation - Grant Lastiwka, Forage & Grazing Specialist
6:00 PM — Supper & Table Conversations
6:45 PM — Rotating Discussion Stations:
Q&A with Grant Latstiwka
Gateway Research Organization - Extended Grazing & Cover Cropping Research Projects
Local Producer Byron Long on his Corn interseeding & cover cropping trials
Match the Cover Crop to Its Superpower Producer Exercise
7:45 PM — Wrap-Up
About The Guest Speaker
Grant Lastiwka
Grant and his wife Della and two daughters Alexa and Mataea run a small grazing/cowcalf operation where Grant tests what he learns from producers, scientists and extensionists.
Grant has worked in Central Alberta with Alberta Agriculture in varying roles: Forages/Grazing/Livestock/Economics Extension for over 30 years. Those efforts are almost always related to trying to realize the value from seizing the opportunity of managing forages and grasslands to be a highly productive crop. His forage management thought is from the plant, to the soil, to the livestock, to the people, and to the consumer.
The systems he works towards are managed in ways that consider finances, the environment, the people, and the community. This Holistic Management decision making approach is done simultaneously and strives to be regenerative.
Grant is now working part-time with Millborn and also free lancing doing various forages projects.
Register
Register for this session or multiple Grazing Club sessions using the form below.
Meal payment is collected at the event by The Jaded Chef and not included in the registration below.
Other Grazing Club Sessions
January 15 - Grazing: Art, Science... or an Afterthought?
January 29 - Fencing: Essential Infrastructure… or Just in the Way?
February 12 - Watering: Lifeline, Limiting Factor… or Just Frozen Solid?
February 26 - Producer’s Choice: Topic shaped by participants
Questions?