Jim Gerrish Live in Knoxville, TN USA

learn from the author of Management Intensive Grazing, Kick the Hay Habit, and Keeping It Green 

Don't miss this cutting edge STOCKMAN GRASS FARMER experience with Jim Gerrish with two schools from January 23 to January 26, 2024 in Knoxville, TN, USA.  The schools are limited to only 40 people to enhance networking opportunities with Jim and fellow participants. 

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Learn actionable solutions and tools.

 

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Develop and achieve your goals with the skills needed.

 

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Network with Jim and fellow graziers.

 

GRAZIER'S GRASSROOTS OF GRAZING SCHOOL (January 23 - 24, 2024)

A major emphasis of this school is the correct sequence of implementing grazing technology so that it "pays for itself". Develop a profitable operation from the grassroots taught by the grazier who wrote the books, Management Intensive Grazing, Kick the Hay Habit, and Keep It Green.

  • How to manage a variable stocking rate
  • How to stock your farm or ranch at the right level 
  • How to use a pasture inventory and grazing wedge
  • How to maximize solar energy capture
  • The importance of post-grazing residual
  • When and how long to allow pastures to recover
  • How to keep forage intake and an animal performance high
  • Why stock density is the most powerful tool in your toolbox
  • How to determine the appropriate stock density
  • Avoid costly mistakes in grazing cell construction
  • How much water does a cow or sheep need
  • How to plan your grazing cell
  • How to match animal and forage production cycles
  • How and what to stockpile for winter grazing
  • How to get the most out of annual pastures
  • How to keep grazing through summer and winter 

MANAGEMENT-INTENSIVE GRAZING - THE NEXT STEP (January 25 - 26, 2024)
 

At The Grassroots of Grazing School the beginning mechanics and tools for Grazing were taught.

* Although attending a GRASSROOTS OF GRAZING SCHOOL is not a pre requiste, it is highly desireable and adviseable that you have already attended that school. 

JIM GERRISH will sharpen your grazier skills and show you what and how to make your grass farm productive and profitable.

Renown worldwide for his research, consulting, and personal farm and ranch management, Jim Gerrish has been recognized with awards from the American Forage and Grassland Council, Missouri Forage and Grassland Council, National Center for Appropriate Technology, USDA-NRCS, the Soil and Water Conservation Society and more.

Jim Gerrish will fill your Grazier's Toolbox with new Management-intensive Grazing tools for your farm and ranch planning!

  • Geographical Information System (GIS)
  • Google Earth
  • Web Soil Survey
  • Smart phone apps

Grazier's Grassroots of Grazing

$700

(16 seats remaining)

  • Having a plan

  • Grazing basics

  • Grazing cell design

  • Year-round grazing

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Management-Intensive Grazing - The Next Step

$700

(21 seats remaining)

  • Implementing the plan
  • Learn the economics of herd size
  • The importance of stock policy
  • How to manage pasture & feed
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Grassroots of Grazing & Management-Intensive Grazing

$1200

(16 seats remaining)

  • save $200
  • 4 days with Jim
  • Having and implementing a plan
  • Understanding pasture inventory and the benefit of grazing records.
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What past students have said

This seminar was absolutely worth the cost and 500 mile drive. Jim answered all my questions and made me think about other things!

Harvey Schulte

This is the best course I have taken in ten years.

John Ewanek

A class like this is going to help make the ranch more profitable.

Brandi Carlon

Jim Gerrish is very good at putting the practical numbers to it. He knows them backwards and forwards.

Jaren Kerst

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