June 14, 2021
Silvopasture is an intentional, intensive, integrated, and interactive system that utilizes timberland for grazing within a managed rotational grazing system. This five-part webinar series included sessions on selection of forages and forage establishment, livestock selection and management, fencing, predator management, and how the timber component is initiated through stand establishment or by thinning an existing […]
April 12, 2021
Ladies Engaged in Agriculture Development (LEAD) hosted a spring webinar discussing warm-season forages and establishment on February 23, 2021. This is the first of what we hope becomes a short series for women in agriculture through the state; thirty-eight ladies signed up and attended this program virtually. Guest speaker, Lee Van Vlake, spoke to the […]
October 26, 2020
The calendar year 2019-2020 has been a new year and a challenging one for 4-H. Our youth livestock programs across the state had to come up with creative and new ways to engage our members. The Youth Academy of Livestock Learning (YALL) was created by our Livestock Steering Committee to provide our 4-H livestock members […]
September 14, 2020
As a two-part series, Livestock and Forages Agents offered webinars on Equine Management Practices. Topics included dry lots, rotational grazing, fall forage planting, and hay quality. Over one hundred participants registered for the webinars from several different states and as far-reaching as the UK and Europe. Our team of agents facilitated great discussions during the […]
August 3, 2020
The Livestock and Forages Team has formed several working committees to improve programmatic efforts to offer and better serve South Carolina producers. These committees consist of the following: Cow-Calf, Budgeting, and Load Lot and Marketing. Each committee is dedicated to improving information and programmatic support made available to South Carolina livestock producers by providing current […]
June 8, 2020
This spring has brought unusual circumstances for extension agents and producers as we maintain proper safety measures due to COVID-19. With hay season not stopping a committee of livestock agents developed and are providing a series of forage production meetings via Zoom. These meetings cover topics for warm-season forage production and weed management. This series […]
May 4, 2020
Livestock and Forages Program Team in Action: Wow!! Times are surely different than they were two months ago, but some things do not change. Extension agents and specialists are still busy helping the citizens of SC. The Livestock and Forages team has offered numerous webinars over the past couple of months with attendees from over […]
April 6, 2020
On Monday, March 30th the Equine Manure Management Program was conducted via ZOOM. Our program reached participants from South Carolina but also included participants from Alabama and Wyoming. We used the features of ZOOM, like group chat to enable the participants to ask questions at any time during the class. By offering the class online […]
