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In This Issue
· Sustainable Rangelands Through Low-Input Grassfed Production
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Society for Range Management
10030 W 27th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80215-6601
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Our VISION: a well-trained and highly motivated group of professionals and rangeland users working with productive, sustainable rangeland ecosystems.
Our MISSION: to promote the professional development and continuing education of members and the public and the stewardship of rangeland resources.
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Sustainable Rangelands Through Low-Input Grassfed Production
An organized oral session at the 63rd annual meeting
of the Society for Range Management
Thursday, February 11, 2010 · 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
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Virtues of grassfed products for the consumer
Meg Cattell, Windsor Dairy, Windsor, Colorado
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| 8:40-9:20 |
Ranching in sync with nature
Dale Lasater, Lasater Grasslands Beef, Matheson, Colorado
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| 9:20-10:00 |
Multiple species grazing
Richard Parry, Fox Fire Farms, Ignacio, Colorado
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| 10:20-12:00 |
Low-input ranching
Kit Pharo, Pharo Cattle Company, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
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| 1:00-1:40 |
Organic grass-finished beef on a forage chain from conception to consumer
George Whitten & Julie Sullivan, San Juan Ranch, Saguache, Colorado
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| 1:40-2:20 |
The low carbon foodprint of local grassfed livestock production in a semiarid environment
Dennis Moroney, Sky Island Brand / 47 Ranch / Flavors Without Borders Foodways Alliance, McNeal, Arizona
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| 2:20-3:00 |
Desert-adapted cattle: Harvesting the past for the future
Ed Fredrickson and Alfredo Gonzales, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico;
Gerardo Bezanilla and Jose Rios, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
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| 3:20-4:00 |
Benefits of grazing systems to grassfed production
Harvey Sprock, USDA-NRCS, Greeley, Colorado
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| 4:00-4:20 |
Walking backwards into the future: Rebuilding food system infrastructure in the Southwest
Laurie Bower, Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
Nancy Ranney, Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance / Ranney Ranch, Corona, New Mexico
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| 4:20-4:40 |
American Grassfed certification
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| 4:40-5:00 |
Wrap-up, questions & answers
Carrie Balkcom, American Grassfed Association, Denver, Colorado
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Grass-based livestock production relies on biodiversity and ecological complexity to maintain production without the use of costly inputs, keeping land in permanent vegetation, which is more ecologically and economically resilient than feeding harvested annual crops to livestock in confinement. Benefits of grassfed production for the environment include: reduced or eliminated pesticide use, greatly reduced soil erosion, increased soil fertility while eliminating commercial fertilizer application, increased carbon sequestration which helps combat the greenhouse effect and global warming, increased plant diversity versus monoculture crops, and improved wildlife habitat for native species.
Conference registration form online at www.rangelands.org/denver2010
One-day registration $125, also available on-site
Organized by Dan Nosal, Harvey Sprock, Matt Barnes (USDA-NRCS / Colorado Section SRM), and Carrie Balkcom (American Grassfed Association)
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