{"id":338,"date":"2019-12-17T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/?p=338"},"modified":"2019-12-18T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T14:08:24","slug":"uga-forage-team-grassmasters-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/2019\/12\/uga-forage-team-grassmasters-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UGA Forage Team – GrassMasters Program in Ben Hill County"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The GrassMasters program is a 7 \u2013 week long series of seven educational workshops that focus on forage production. Workshops are held every Monday beginning on\u00a0January 27th<\/b> at the Ben Hill County Senior Citizen Center. This program is an INTRODUCTION to forage production systems and is highly recommended for those of you just getting your \u201cfeet wet\u201d when it comes to planning or improving a forage system. Programs will be taught by the UGA Forage Team members as well as NRCS staff.<\/h4>\n

This event will be held in Ben Hill County, but Turner County residents are welcome to register.<\/h4>\n

COST TO ATTEND:<\/h3>\n

$25 \u2013 Includes notebook with materials and refreshments at each program<\/p>\n

REGISTRATON:<\/h3>\n

You can register by contacting:<\/p>\n

Ben Hill County Extension<\/p>\n

229-426-5176<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

To Register Online \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/estore.uga.edu\/C27063_ustores\/web\/classic\/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=6543&FROMQRCODE=true<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

REGISTER BY: January 9th<\/b><\/p>\n

SPACE IS LIMITED.<\/b><\/p>\n

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LOCATION:<\/h3>\n

Ben Hill County Senior Citizen Center<\/p>\n

253 Appomattox Rd.<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald, GA 31750<\/p>\n

MEETING DATES AND TOPICS:<\/h3>\n

Registration: 6:00pm \u2013 6:30pm<\/h3>\n

Program: 6:30pm \u2013 8:30pm<\/h3>\n

January 27th<\/h3>\n

An Introduction to Forages<\/p>\n

February 3rd<\/b><\/p>\n

Fertilization of Perennial Grasses<\/p>\n

February 10th\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Pest Management Strategies<\/p>\n

February 17th<\/b><\/p>\n

Hay and Baleage Production and Management<\/p>\n

February 24th<\/b><\/p>\n

Understanding Forage Quality and Supplementation<\/p>\n

March 2nd<\/b><\/p>\n

Grazing Management and Planning<\/p>\n

March 9th<\/b><\/p>\n

Improving Soil Health and NRCS Programs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GrassMasters program is a 7 \u2013 week long series of seven educational workshops that focus on forage production. Workshops are held every Monday beginning on\u00a0January 27th at the Ben Hill County Senior Citizen Center. This program is an INTRODUCTION to forage production systems and is highly recommended for those of you just getting your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/turnerab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}