South Dakota Grassland Coalition
"A unified voice for managing South Dakota's grass resource"
Grass Roots
SDGC's Official Newsletter
Grass Roots brings you comprehensive, informative and timely material geared towards a collective interest as grassland managers, including:
  • information on shared-cost resource management programs;
  • the latest information on state and federal policy rulings and directives that affect private grassland ownership;
  • fostering partnerships with the multiple users of grasslands;
  • the development of a scholarship program to help producers attend courses and seminars;
  • networking a pool of qualified consultants to assist producers in discovering the 'uncommon advantage' resources that include production, family, finances, and managing natural resources in a changing societal environment;
  • the distinction between preservation and conservation;
  • what part of the food dollar comes back to the land;
  • can ag lenders, appraisers and grassland managers find common ground;
  • how does public grassland initiatives affect you, and more.

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Items of Interest

Jim Gerrish PowerPoint presentation on 'MiG on Pasture and Range' Oacoma, SD 12-2-08

Jim Gerrish PowerPoint presentation on 'Managing Cow Costs' Oacoma SD, 1-6-09

Jim Gerrish Website

Kirk Gadzia Website

Fred Provenza PowerPoint presentation on Animal Behavior, Oacoma, SD 12-4-07

Gabe Brown wmv. presentation at SD Cattlemen's Association Convention, Watertown, SD
(Brown's PowerPoint presentation)

Low Cost Precision Supplements to Add Profit to Cow-Calf Operations

 

 

Note: Views expressed here are not necessarily those of the SD Grassland Coalition or its members. Please contact the author(s) with any comments or questions. Thank you.

If you have an article you would like to submit, e-mail it to Lavern Koch, Chair. The Coalition Board of Directors reserves the right to review all items submitted for this section and to refuse any and all articles.

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