PURPOSE: Create a Gulf South network of Land Use Management Professionals and Private Land Use Practitioners to facilitate the development and transfer of agroforestry technology. The workshop will be presented in two Sessions. Session I is designed to familiarize Professionals and Practitioners with the basic agroforestry practices and the economic and environmental benefits for rural communities. Session II is designed to provide the management concepts for developing timber-pastures (Silvopastures) that can increase the productivity and value of small farms.
 

SESSION I: AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES FOR SMALL FARM

MANAGEMENT
 

DATES: APRIL 7-9, 1999

PRIMARY ATTENDEES:
Land Use Management Professionals - Extension Agents, Federal and State Resource Agency Personnel, and Agricultural and Forestry Consultants

SECONDARY ATTENDEES:
Private Land Use Practitioners

Wednesday - April 7, 1999

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Registration

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Workshop Welcome

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm USDA Role in Agroforestry

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Importance of Agroforestry to Land Practitioners

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Break

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception and Agroforestry Practitioner Roundtable - producers from the Gulf south will share agroforestry experiences.

7:00 pm Dinner

Thursday - April 8, 1999

8:30 am - 11:30 am Begin concurrent sessions on Agroforestry Practices - Participants will be placed in one of three groups and each group will rotate through concurrent sessions on Alley Cropping, Riparian Buffers, and Silvopastures.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Field Tour: Implementation of Alley Cropping, Riparian Buffers, and Silvopasture practices on the Hill Farm Research Station

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner and Return to Ruston

Friday - April 9, 1999

8:30 am - 10:30 am Continue concurrent sessions on Agroforestry Practices - Participants will be placed in one of two groups and each group will rotate through concurrent sessions on Shelterbelts and Forest Farming.

10:30 am - 11:30 am Workshop Summary and Questions and Answers

11:30 am Session I Closing Comments and Adjournment
 

SESSION II: TIMBER-PASTURE MANAGEMENT - A GRASS FARMING PRACTICE THAT INCREASES SMALL FARM PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE

DATES: APRIL 9-10, 1999

PRIMARY ATTENDEES:
Private Land Use Practitioners, Extension Agents, Federal and State Resource Agency Personnel, and Agricultural and Forestry Consultants

Friday 9, April 1999

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Registration

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Session II Welcome

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Financial Potential of Timber-Pasture Management

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm Managing Timber-Pastures on Small Farms

                              Managing the Timber Component

                              Managing the Forage Component

                              Managing the Livestock Component

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Break

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Special Management Considerations

                              Electric Fencing Methods

                              Water System Alternatives

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Reception and Dinner

Keynote Address - What Timber-Pasture Management Can Do
                                            For Small Farms
 

Saturday - April 10, 1999

9:00 am - 4:00 pm Field Tour: Implementing Timber-Pasture Management on
Small Farms - The tour will be conducted at the Hill Farm Research Station and will demonstrate timber, forage, and
livestock management practices, electric fence construction, and alternative water systems.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Session II Adjournment and Return to Ruston, Louisiana

Holiday Inn - Ruston, Louisiana is holding a block of rooms through March 25, 1999 for the Agroforestry Workshop at a room rate of $59 plus 11% Tax per night. Reservation can be made by calling 1-800-799-4559 or 1-318-255-5901; be sure to mention the Agroforestry Workshop.

Workshop sponsored by: USDA National Agroforestry Center (U.S. Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service), Grazing Lands Technology Institute, Trailblazer Rural Development Institute, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Louisiana Society of American Foresters