{"id":8034,"date":"2016-08-19T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2016-08-19T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:50:24","slug":"grazing-in-the-great-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/08\/grazing-in-the-great-plains\/","title":{"rendered":"Grazing in the Great Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are interested in beef cattle and how they are affected by changes in climate, you might be interested in this upcoming webinar from Great Plains Grazing, a group of Oklahoma extension agents and research specialists committed\u00a0to adapt grazing strategies to changing conditions.<\/p>\n<table id=\"templateContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table id=\"templateHeader\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"headerContent\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"headerImage campaign-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/a8146f0ca733ad20f53d5be9c\/images\/2fe75921-15db-4a5b-a78f-07d69644859e.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"headerContent\"><a id=\"Top\" name=\"Top\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table id=\"templateBody\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"40\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"upperBodyContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Register now for our August webinar!<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cDoes Climate Change Your Plate\u201d Consumer Curriculum<\/strong><br \/>\nBarbara Brown, Ph.D., R.D.\/L.D.<br \/>\nFood Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension and Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University<\/p>\n<p>1:30pm(CT) &#8211; August 23, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Here&#8217;s a description from their <a href=\"https:\/\/us10.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=a8146f0ca733ad20f53d5be9c&amp;id=d1005ab3af\">web site<\/a>. \u00a0You can go there to register:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A program, \u201cDoes Climate Change Your Plate\u201d was developed to address that and other issues such as the difference between weather and climate, the amount of greenhouse gasses linked to all sources including agriculture, and looking particularly at the contributions from beef production. Topics such as how changing climate may impact a consumer\u2019s pocketbook, nutrition and health concerns associated with beef, how consumers can adapt to higher costs and better food choice options and finally how they, through their food buying and eating choices, can ensure that resources used during production are not wasted are also addressed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Union of Concerned Scientists has produced a topic-related <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/andrea-basche\/why-the-loss-of-grasslands-is-a-troubling-trend-for-agriculture-in-11-maps-and-graphs?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=fb\">web site<\/a> which discusses the loss of Great Plains grasslands to cultivation and implications of those losses on agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are interested in beef cattle and how they are affected by changes in climate, you might be interested in this upcoming webinar from Great Plains Grazing, a group of Oklahoma extension agents and research specialists committed\u00a0to adapt grazing strategies to changing conditions. 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