Range and Cover Crop
Summer Tour
July 19, 2016
Deuel County, SD
Dean and Connie Hunt 2015 Excellence in Range Management Award Tour
Ray and Marci Effling Conservation Stewardship Program Tour
Hunt Pasture Tour (near Gary, SD)
1:00 – Meet in Hunt Pasture
1:15 – Introductions
1:30 – Grazing program overview (Dean
Hunt)
1:45 – Tour of native pastures
3:00 – Tour of native grassland planting
3:45 – Award Presentation
4:00 – Travel to Ray Effling site
RSVP by July 13 for meal count to:
Clear Lake NRCS office (605) 874-8225, ext. 3 or
[email protected]
Thank You to the Sponsors
Effling CSP Tour (near Strandburg, SD)
5:00 – Burger Supper at Effling Home
Introductions
Operation Overview (Ray Effling)
5:45 – Rainfall Simulator (NRCS/SDSU)
6:30 – Cover crop and pasture tour
-
Cover crops
Livestock water systems
Management Intensive Grazing
8:00 - Adjourn
Directions to Hunt’s Pasture:
Directions to Effling’s Home:
From Clear Lake, north on Hwy 15 for 2 miles, east on 180 St
for 3 miles (1 mile of pavement, then turns to gravel), north
on 479 Ave for 1 mile, east on 179 St for 1 mile, north on 480
Ave for one mile, east on 178 St for 0.5 mile.
From Gary, west on 179 St 4 miles (paved), north on 483 Ave
-1 4:30
– Dan
(Cronin Farms) –
mile, west
on 178Forgey
St 2.5 miles.
From
Tunerville
Corner,
south
on Hwy Systems,
15 3 miles, east
on 175
Crop Residues, Cropping
Cover
St 4 miles (paved), S on 480 Ave 3 miles, east on 178 St 0.5
Crops
miles.
From Hunts Pasture, west on 178 St 0.5 mile, north on 480 Ave 3 miles,
west on 175 St 4 miles (paved), north on Hwy 15 3 miles, west on Hwy
212 4 miles, north on 472 Ave 1.3 miles (paved).
From Tunerville Corner, west on Hwy 212 4 miles, north on 472 Ave 1.3
miles (paved).
From Kranzburg, east on Hwy 212 8 miles, north on 472 Ave 1.3 miles
(paved).
From Strandburg, from the Jct. of Hwys 18 and 19, south on 19 (472
Ave) 9.5 miles
4:30-5:00 – Stan Boltz (NRCS) – Rainfall
Simulator/Slake Test
Michalski Operation
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