{"id":4014,"date":"2014-09-05T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nnyagdev.org\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:11:41","slug":"oct-17-silvopasture-field-day-in-keeseville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/05\/oct-17-silvopasture-field-day-in-keeseville\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 17 Silvopasture Field Day in Keeseville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 17, 9;30am-4pm, Keeseville<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Silvopasture Field Day<\/strong><br \/>\nMace Chasm Farm, 810 Mace Chasm Rd., Keeseville NY. RSVP to SWCD@ 518-962-8225; cost $15. <strong>Must prepay by Oct. 15<\/strong> in office or via paypal @<a href=\"https:\/\/pub.cce.cornell.edu\/event_registration\/main\/events.cfm?dept=215\">https:\/\/pub.cce.cornell.edu\/event_registration\/main\/events.cfm?dept=215<\/a>, includes lunch<\/p>\n<p>Rain or shine in silvopasture settings, so please dress for the weather. Graziers, foresters, agency personnel are especially encouraged to attend. 5.0 Category 1 CEU credits pending for Certified Foresters. 2 Crop Management CEU credits &amp; 1 Soil &amp; Water Management credit for CCA\u2019s. Speakers: Peter Smallidge of CCE, Brett Chedzoy of CCE and Joe Orefice with Paul Smith&#8217;s College. Sponsored by: Essex County Soil &amp; Water Conservation District, Lake Champlain Basin Program, New York Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI), and Greater Adirondack RC&amp;D.<\/p>\n<p>Agenda:<br \/>\nAn Introduction to Silvopasturing and Goals for the Day (9:30)<br \/>\nSite Selection and Assessment (10:00)<br \/>\n\u2022    Evaluating site quality, terrain, access, water and timber resources<br \/>\n\u2022    Identifying potential hazards and limiting factors<\/p>\n<p>Planning (11:00)<br \/>\n\u2022    Silvopasture Economics 101 and the importance of start-up plans<br \/>\n\u2022    Criteria for determining the cost\/benefit ratio of a project<br \/>\n\u2022    Doing a reality-check and thinking things through<\/p>\n<p>Lunch and Networking (12:00)<\/p>\n<p>Implementation In the context of Silvopastures (1:00)<br \/>\n\u2022    Management of tree and shrubs<br \/>\n\u2022    Management of forages<br \/>\n\u2022    Management of livestock<br \/>\n\u2022    Putting it all together in a symbiotic and sustainable system<\/p>\n<p>Wrap-up and Adjourn (4:00)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, 9;30am-4pm, Keeseville Silvopasture Field Day Mace Chasm Farm, 810 Mace Chasm Rd., Keeseville NY. RSVP to SWCD@ 518-962-8225; cost $15. Must prepay by Oct. 15 in office or via paypal @https:\/\/pub.cce.cornell.edu\/event_registration\/main\/events.cfm?dept=215, includes lunch Rain or shine in silvopasture settings, so please dress for the weather. Graziers, foresters, agency personnel are especially encouraged to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press-releases","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnyagdev.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}