Michigan GLCI

GLCI News and Updates

3 rd National Conference on Grazing Lands

December 10-13
in St. Louis, MO

3NCGL logoclip copy.gif (37968 bytes) Join fellow graziers for a conference on grazing practices and the latest technologies and public policy.

Click here for the latest brochure.

Michigan GLCI will be taking a bus trip to the conference.
Contact us to request more information.

Hay For Sale

Looking for hay to purchase? Try the Michigan Haysellers Website. You can search by hay type, size and location. This site is supported by the MSU Extension Forages area of expertise team.

Greener Pastures: Is managed grazing right for your operations?

Brochure on managed grazing provided by the Michigan Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. Click here. (PDF File)

AFGC Launches Certified Grassland Professional Program

The American Forage and Grassland Council has developed a certification program for individuals working in the US forage industry. The program is designed to ensure that individuals have met qualifications necessary to carry out professional work in the forages area such as planning critical conservation practices and implementing sound resource management of pasture, hayland and grazed cropland. For more information on this program, visit www.afgc.org.

NRCS Signs Agreement with American Forage and Grassland Council

NRCS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC), giving conservation program participants the option to obtain technical assistance for their privately-owned grazing and tribal lands from certified technical service providers who also are certified grassland professionals. NRCS Chief Bruce Knight and AFGC President Ed Twidwell signed the three-year agreement during the 2005 AFGC Conference in Bloomington , Ill. The MOU allows AFGC to recommend its members, who must pass a test, to NRCS for certification to plan and implement conservation practices on pasture, hayland and grazed cropland.