The Kansas Soil Health Alliance, along with No-Till on the Plains, Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition and American Farmland Trust, has planned a grazing tour August 11-12 in southwest Kansas. The two-day bus tour will visit Lohrding 3 Bar Ranch, Lazy KT Ranch and Wiltse Family Farms.
Featured speakers will include Kurt Dale, who will give a presentation on custom grazing, and Robert Ellis, who will discuss economic case studies of grazing in Kansas. Other topics to be covered will include managed grazing, wildlife management and woody encroachment.
The tour will be from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. August 11 and 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. August 12. There is a $50 registration fee that includes four meals, snacks and learning materials. Tour participants are responsible for their own lodging.
Rooms can be reserved under the “Aaron Sawyer’s Block” at the Best Western in Greensburg. This location is where the charter bus will leave both mornings and return at the end of each day. To make a reservation, call (620) 723-2244. For more information about the tour and to register, click here.