Tuskegee Goat Day 2023

Annual Goat Day will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Theme: Improving Marketability Strategies using Value-Added Processing. More information and registration details 

Master Goat Producer's Certification Training 2022

Tuskegee University Master goat producer's certification training, August 1-3, 2022; more information is available at this LINK.

Tuskegee Goat Day 2023

Annual Goat Day will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Theme: Improving Marketability Strategies using Value-Added Processing. More information and registration details

Sustainable Year-Round Forage Production & Grazing/Browsing Management Video Series

This series has been developed for educating county agents, educators, landowners, farmers, students, and anyone else who are interested in developing year-round productive pastures and managing them with sustainable grazing systems. 

This sesies includes presentations on the following topics. 

1. Identification and controlling pasture weeds
   
2. Grass and legume forages for healthy animals
3. Forage production plan for year-round feeding  
4. Use of browse and woodlands to expand grazing and keeping animals healthy          
5. Grazing facilities and sustainable grazing management 
6. Sustainable year-round forage production and grazing/browsing management for goats in the Southern Region

Understanding and enhancing soil health in pastures/grazinglands video series

This series has been developed for educating county agents, educators, landowners, farmers, students, and anyone else who are interested in taking care of their land, making pastures and other grazinglands productive in a sustainable way, and safeguarding the soil resources. 

This sesies includes presentations on the following four topics. 

1. Obtaining web-soil survey report for your pastures 

2. Soil test - taking samples, test results, &  ammendments 

3. Soil organic matter - importance and enhancement

4. Soil conservation in grazing lands

Agroforestry in the Southeast for Sustainable Land-Use and Resilient Production System - Virtual Training Series

Meat goats in lolblolly-pine silvopasture, Plantersville, 
Alabama, USA.

Virtual training series on Agroforestry in the Southeast for Sustainable Land-Use and Resilient Production System conducted with the coordinated effort of 1890 Agroforestry Consortium. This series is aimed for educating county agents, educators, farmers, landowners, students, and any other individuals who are willing to learn about agroforestry, especially in the Southeast USA. This series includes the following sessions:

1. Alley cropping of specialty vegetables in pecan and pine production system
2. Raising small ruminants in pine silvopastures
3. Ecosystem services from agroforestry systems
4. Cultivation of mushrooms on waste wood for Improving timber stands 

2021 National Goat Conference - Sept. 20-21

The 4th National Goat Conference is going virtual and scheduled for September 20-21, 2021. Early registration ends on June 4, 2021.

Register on time and take advantage of the conference. 

Visit the Conference Page for more information.  

Agroforestry Virtual Training Series - Southeast US

Virtual training series on Agroforestry in the Southeast for Sustainable Land-Use and Resilient Production System being delivered over zoom as scheduled in the Table below. This is a coordinated effort of 1890 Agroforestry Consortium. This series is aimed for specialists, county agents, farmers, landowners, students, and any other individuals who are willing to learn about agroforestry, especially in the Southeast USA. Pre-registration is required to attend these sessions, and one registration is enough to attend all sessions in this series. Once registered, you will receive personalized information on joining the sessions. Participants need internet service and computer, smart phone, or similar other devices to register and attend the sessions. 

Click here to register

Session Topics 

Agroforestry in the Southeast for Sustainable land-use and resilient production system
Date	Topic	Time	Speaker
5/27/21	Agroforestry overview	6:00 PM	Uma Karki, Tuskegee University
	Alley cropping of specialty vegetables in pecan and pine production system	6:20 PM	Srinivasa Rao Mentreddy, Alabama A & M University
6/24/21	Raising small ruminants in pine silvopastures	6:00 PM	Uma Karki, Tuskegee University
	Forage production in silvopasture system	6:30 PM	Temu Vitalis, Virginia State University
7/15/21	Ecosystem services from agroforestry systems	6:00 PM	Colmore Christian, Alabama A & M University
	Cultivation of mushrooms on waste wood for Improving timber stands	6:30 PM	Frank Mrema, Alcorn State University

Virtual Sessions on Productive Pastures

Virtual sessions on Developing and Managing Productive Pastures are delivered every alternate Thursday, 6-7 PM central standard time. Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension deliver these sessions beginning May 6, 2021. This is a part of the Sustainable Year-Round Forage Production and Grazing/Browsing Management Education series being conducted by Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension for more than a decade now. Pre-registration is required to attend these sessions, and one registration is enough to attend all sessions on productive pastures. Once registered, you will receive more information on joining the sessions. Participants need internet service and computer, smart phone, or similar other devices to register and attend the sessions. 

Click here to register

Session Topics

	Sustainable year-round forage production and grazing/browsing management series - Every alternate Thursdays 6-7 PM (zoom)
	Part 2	Developing and managing productive pastures
SN	Date	Topic	Speaker
1	5/06/2021	Identification and controlling pasture weeds	Uma Karki
2	5/20/2021	Grass and legume forages for healthy animals	"
3	6/10/2021	Forage production plan for year-round feeding	"
4	6/24/2021	Use of browse and woodlands to expand grazing and keeping animals healthy	"
5	7/08/2021	Grazing facilities and sustainable grazing management	"

Virtual Sessions on Pasture-Soil Health

Virtual sessions on improving pasture soil are delivered every Thursday, 6-7 PM central standard time. Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension and Alabama NRCS are teaming up to deliver these sessions beginning March 4th, 2021. This is a part of Sustainable Year-Round Forage Production and Grazing/Browsing Management Education series being conducted by Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension for more than a decade now. Pre-registration is required to attend the sessions, and one registration is enough to attend all sessions on soil health. Once registered, you will receive more information on joining the sessions. Participants need internet service and computer, smart phone, or similar other device to register and attend the sessions. 

Click here to register

Session Topics

	Sustainable year-round forage production and grazing/browsing management series - Every Thursday 6-7 PM (zoom)
	Part 1	Understanding and enhancing soil health in pastures and other grazing lands
SN	Date	Topic	Speaker
1	3/4/2021	Understanding pasture soil - NRCS web soil survey (Completed)	Uma Karki
2	3/11/2021	Soil test - taking samples, test results, amendments	"
3	3/18/2021	Soil organic matter - importance and enhancement	"
4	3/25/2021	Soil conservation in grazing lands - NRCS presentation	NRCS (Patrick Rohling)