Funding is available for State Wide Field Days, Conferences and other activities that have grazing or forages as the main or one of the key topics. Funding can be used to help offset any expenses to put the conference or state wide events together. The only items that the funding cannot be used for are food items. The level that has been established for these activities is up to $500.
Penn Soil RC&D Council Ag Progress Days Signs $1000.00
PA Sheep & Wool Growers Association Fall Field Day $500.00
Northest Cattleman's Association Summer Field Day Event $500.00
Headwaters RC&D Council NW Grazing Conference $500.00
PA Sheep & Wool Growers Association Fall Field Day $1000.00
PA Cattleman's Association Summer Field Day $500.00
PA Sheep & Woll Growers Annual Conference $468.03
PA Forage & Grassland Council 50th Anniversary Event $500.00
Funding is available for field days, purchase of publications, training sessions and other activities concerning grazing, forage management and utilization. When 2 or more counties get together to promote grass based farming, funding can be received at a higher level than a single county event. Funding is available to help offset any expenses to put the event together. The only items that the funding cannot be used for are food items. Funding can start at $200 and will not exceed $500. Each request will be independently evaluated and the funding level for each event will be set by the Coalition.
Pocono Northeast RC&D Council Project Grass NE Grazing Conference $500.00
PA Sheep & Wool Growers Association Fall State Field Day $500.00
Headwaters RC&D Council NW Grazing Conference $500.00
Lawrence County Conservation District 2 Project Grass Field Day Events $350.00
Headwaters Charitable Trust Northwest PA Grazing Conference $500.00
Penn State Cooperative Extension Equine Stewardship $200.00
Appalachian Grazing Conference Multi State Grazing Conference $500.00
Southeast Project Grass Spring Meeting $200.00
NW Coopertive Extension NW Cattleman's Field Day $500.00
Beaver County Conservation District Horse Pasture Workshop $500.00
Penn State Cooperative Extension Grass Fed Meats Conference $500.00
The mini-grant program is designed to provide a source of funds to carry out an educational project on grazing and special emphasis topics. Field days, seminars, tours, grazer meetings, pamphlets, booklets, videos, compact disks (CD's), audio tapes, or other items as approved on an individual basis. Topics to be included as part of the agenda or focus are: feed management, alternative energy for grazing systems, alternative fuel sources, and equine pasture management. Each project that is approved by the Coalition will be funded for the amount requested up to a maximum of $200.00 per project per year.
Franklin County Grazers Group and Cooperative Extension Post Cards for notification of Pasture Walks/Meetings
Fayette County Conservation District Winter Grazing Newsletter
Lebanon County Conservation District Field Day
Washington County PSU Cooperative Extension Sheep Parasite Meeting
Franklin County Grazers Group Postage for Pasture Walk Notices & Expenses
Fayette County Conservation District Spring Grazers Newsletter
Green County Grazers Group Plant Grass Test Plots
Fayette County Conservation District Grazing Manuals for Vo-Tech
Penn State Cooperative Extension Lancaster Grazing Workshop Feed Management
Fayette County Conservation District Spring Grazing Newsletter
Armstrong County Conservation District Field Day
Penn State Cooperative Extension Bucks County Pasture Management Short Course
Penn Soil RC&D Council Warren County Field Day
PA Farm Women's Ag Network Field Day Fence Demonstration
Westmoreland Conservation District SW Project Grass Pasture Walk
Penn Soil RC&D Council Lawrence County Field Day
Berks County Cooperative Extension Goat Grazing/Browsing Demonstration
Penn State Cooperative Extension Northampton County Horse Workshop
Fayette County Conservation District Fall Grazing Newsletter
Lebanon County Conservation District Field Day
Fayette County Conservation District Fall Grazers Newsletter
Crawford County Conservation District Field Day
Clarion County Conservation District Field Day
PAGFLCC 2011 SPECIAL TOPICS FOR GRANTS
Feed Management
Wildlife and Grazing
Equine Pasture Management
Renewable Energy User (solar, ram pumps, nose pumps, etc)
Extending the Grazing Season - Year Round Grazing
Conversion to Organic
Grass Fed Meats/Products (layer grazing, etc)
Energy - same one as Renewable Energy plus energy conservation with looking at how much energy is saved by grazing due to harvesting and manure hauling savings, and reduced fertilizer needs with legume nitrogen production.
