First Aid Fundamentals for Livestock: Caring for Goats, Sheep and Cows
February 4, 2025 @3pmET
Farm life is unpredictable, and emergencies with your livestock can happen at any time. Join us for this essential webinar on "First Aid Fundamentals for Livestock: Caring for Goats, Sheep and Cows", where we'll provide practical, hands-on knowledge to help you care for goats, sheep, and cows in critical situations.
Treating Farming as a Business, not a Hobby
April 1, 2025 3pmET
Join us as we dig into what makes small scale farming viable and profitable, and how you can approach your farm venture strategically to make it work for you.
Commercial Targeted Grazing with Goats 101
January 28, 2025 @3pmET
Want to get more revenue from the goats you produce and deliver a valuable service to the world at the same time? A targeted goat grazing business could be just the ticket...but be sure to go into it with your eyes wide open. Commercial targeted grazing requires an additional knowledge base and skill set, and it comes with its own unique challenges and risks. But, when approached with a professional mindset it can be the perfect profitable complement to a goat farm. Join Aaron Steele, founder of Goats On The Go®, to learn the basics of the business, including an honest discussion of all of its potential pleasures and pitfalls.
The Wild Side of Farming: Managing Habitats for Farm-Friendly Wildlife
January 13, 2025 @3pm
Explore practical strategies and incentives for enhancing biodiversity while maintaining productive agricultural lands. This session is perfect for farmers and land managers looking to balance conservation with agriculture and improve ecosystem health while supporting local wildlife.
Farmer’s First Aid: AED’s and Bleeding Control
October 28, 2024 @1pmET
Farmers are at higher risk of injury and are often in rural settings making ambulance response times much longer.The longer we wait to act on life saving interventions, the greater the loss. Learn basic do’s and don'ts about heart attacks and controlling bleeding, identify helpful resources and additional training available to the public with Paramedic Aaron Kersey. I
The Key to Superior Adaptation, Performance and Resilience: Epigenetics
October 8, 2024 3pmET
There is a hidden sector of genetics that very few are aware of, but affects everything. This hidden sector is called Epigenetics and is defined as "The influence of environmental factors on the degree of expression of gene pairs". In this webinar we will explore the intricacies of epigenetics and how to use this to our favor.
Climate Loss and Grief: Building Understanding & Resilience
October 15 , 2024
Many people are suffering from emotional consequences associated with anticipated or actual environmental changes and reacting with despair, grief, or uncertainty. Farmers, ranchers, and food producers have uniquely intimate relationships to places and landscapes, and as a result, are especially vulnerable to climate-related losses and grief.
Getting your Farm Funded: Understanding FACT’s Fund-a-Farmer Grants
October 22, 2024
Join FACT grant administrators as they explain the Fund-a-Farmer grant process and Humane Farming funding opportunities.
Exploring H-2A Farm Workers
November 6, 2024 12pm
The H-2A visa program makes it possible for farmers to bring in citizens of other countries for agricultural work in the United States. With a tight labor market, the visa program is experiencing a lot of growth – farmers who have never considered it before are taking a closer look.
Advocating for Higher-Welfare Farming in the New Administration: What’s Next Post-Election?
November 13, 2024
Find out what the results of the November 2024 election mean for higher-welfare farming and the Farm Bill and how you can take action to support continued progress!
Could it happen here? Preparing Your Farm, Family, and Livestock for Disaster
December 2, 2024, 1pm ET
When disaster strikes, we commonly hear people say, "I didn't think it would happen to us." Wildfires, floods, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, and other natural disasters are in the news every day. The odds are that someday, it WILL happen to us!
Food Safety Liability Basics
December 9, 2024 12pm
It’s every farmer or rancher’s worst nightmare: Someone claims to have gotten sick from the food they produced. No matter how safe the operation is, the risk is always there. The good news is there are ways to manage and mitigate the impacts of this risk. We’ll discuss the best practices every farmer or rancher can adopt to get a foothold in managing their food safety liability exposure.
How Living Green Algae Boosts Feed Quality and Livestock Health
September 30, 2024
Living green algae are powerful biostimulants and have been supporting health and nutrition above and below ground for thousands of years.
Silvopasture For Poultry
September 23, 2024
Anyone who raises poultry knows they love cover, and planting trees and shrubs for cover and shade just makes sense. We can also plant species that will feed your birds, reducing feed costs and increasing bird health. So join Trees for Graziers to learn about the fledgling field of poultry silvopasture.
Silvopasture on a Shoestring
March 20. 2024
Well-planned silvopasture can provide shade to improve livestock comfort & productivity, fodder in extreme weather, and beautiful habitat for wildlife. Join Joshua Greene from Trees For Graziers as he shares establishment techniques, protection methods, and silvopasture tree species being used at Greene Kitchen Farm and many livestock farms in the Northeast. Shoestring methods for jump starting your silvopasture will be discussed as well as other resources to 'start small, start now’ in order to take your grazing to new heights.
Farm Property Insurance Basics
March 26, 2024
Running a farm or ranch business often depends on buildings, equipment, vehicles, and supplies for day-to-day success. If these valuable resources are lost or damaged, it can be devastating to profitability. Different types of property insurance can help address this risk, but only if the farmer clearly understands how these products work. Does your operation have the coverage it needs? Get clear on what items on your operation you want covered from the perils that are of top concern to you with this webinar
Brooder Success: How to reduce brooder mortality for a healthier flock
April 3, 2024
Join Ben Grimes with Dawnbreaker Farms in North Carolina as he walks us through the ins and outs of managing a successful brooder.
Regenerative Grazing: How 2 South Carolina farmers transformed their land
April 8, 2024
Join Corrine Wright and Don Jackson as they share their regenerative journey.
Preparations for the Lambing Season Part 2: The Lamb
February 14
Lydia Strand with Lydia’s Flock returns to continue sharing her years of experience with lambing. This session will focus on the newborn lamb.
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A Beginners Guide to Incubation
February 21, 2024
Ever dreamt of hatching your own adorable baby chicks? Join the Fowl Guru, Nicolle Ferrier from Sugar Feather Farm, in this step-by-step webinar as she guides you through the essentials of poultry incubation. From selecting the right incubator to mastering temperature and environmental conditions, Nicolle makes chick hatching accessible to everyone. Don't miss this opportunity to learn the art of incubation – she'll show you how it's done with expertise and practical tips.