{"id":19688,"date":"2019-10-18T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=19688"},"modified":"2019-10-18T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T14:31:28","slug":"potter-county-conservation-district-features-grazing-trial-kit-during-field-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=19688","title":{"rendered":"Potter County Conservation District Features Grazing Trial Kit during Field Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Potter-Grazing-projectsmaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19689\" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Potter-Grazing-projectsmaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Potter-Grazing-projectsmaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Potter-Grazing-projectsmaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Potter-Grazing-projectsmaller.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption> <em>Tim Elder with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service talks about rotational grazing to the group of farmers before heading out to the pasture. Photo provided by PCCD.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Potter County Conservation District (PCCD) brought together local producers this summer to demonstrate how rotational grazing can benefit their farm both financially and environmentally. First, the district selected a farm to use rotational grazing equipment to demonstrate the benefits of rotational grazing management.<\/p>\n<p>PCCD then partnered with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Penn State Extension to develop a grazing plan for the selected farm. They took representative soil samples to test the biological activity of continuously grazed and rotationally grazed pastures with the same soil type. This information was presented during the field day.<\/p>\n<p>Essential supplies for a grazing kit were purchased, including temporary fence, reels, posts, and automatic gate (Batt-Latch). The kit was given to the selected beef farmer in early July to install. On August 28, 2019, a field day was held at the farm to showcase the project and to discuss the benefits and challenges of rotational grazing.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, another farmer that has an interest in this management style will be selected to use the grazing kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19573\" width=\"99\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2.jpg 336w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potter County Conservation District (PCCD) brought together local producers this summer to demonstrate how rotational grazing can benefit their farm both financially and environmentally. First, the district selected a farm to use rotational grazing equipment to demonstrate the benefits of rotational grazing management. PCCD then partnered with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Penn State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}