Integrating Livestock and Crops Webinar

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National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Webinar Offers New Research on Integrating Livestock and Crops

Thursday, October 29, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT

Join us for this free Integrating Livestock and Crops webinar to learn how integrated crop-livestock systems may provide sustainable alternatives to terminate cover crops, reduce fertilizer, and improve the water cycle.

NCAT sustainable agriculture specialist Dave Scott will serve as moderator. Featured will be thought-provoking Montana State University (MSU) research conducted by Devon Regan and Tristin Benson concerning integrating sheep on dryland cropping systems and vegetable specialty crops. They will discuss their novel “Feedlot on Fields” livestock integration system.

No sheep? Cows will work.

Livestock integration is the coming thing – you will not want to miss this webinar!

The webinar is set for Thursday, October 29, from 11:00 a.m. to noon MDT and registration is required. You can reserve your place at https://attra.ncat.org/livestock-work.

For more information, contact Dave Scott at daves@ncat.org or 406-490-7596 or Devon Ragen at 406-579-1539.

This webinar is made possible through funding from Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE).

About the Integrating Livestock and Crops Webinar Presenters:

Devon Ragen is a Research Associate in the MSU Animal and Range Sciences Department in Bozeman, MT.  She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science from MSU.  Devon has been conducting research to investigate the sustainability of integrated crop-livestock production systems.  She has participated in research incorporating animal science, agronomy, soil science, entomology, and weed ecology.

Trestin Benson is a master’s graduate student studying with the MSU Animal and Range Sciences Department. She received her bachelor’s in natural resources and rangeland ecology from MSU. Currently she is wrapping up her research on The Effects of Integrating Livestock in Small Scale Farming Systems. Trestin has also assisted on other research projects that have focused on nutrition, animal health, wool, and agronomy.

Dave Scott has over 35 years of experience with adaptive multi-paddock grazing, first with dairy cows and the last 17 years with sheep. He and his wife operate Montana Highland Lamb with 180 ewes and close to 300 lambs on 32 acres of irrigated pasture in southwest Montana. They direct market lamb and are transitioning to regenerative grazing, which has yielded more ewe grazing days while reducing inorganic N-fertilizer inputs. At NCAT, Scott contributes practical “how-to” publications, podcasts, and videos for the sustainable farmer and rancher.