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Healthy pastures don’t happen by accident; they’re designed. This dynamic, fast-paced virtual session brings rotational grazing to life by showing how thoughtful grazing decisions can transform forage productivity, soil health, and livestock performance, all while reducing labour and guesswork.

Whether you advise producers or manage livestock yourself, this session moves beyond theory and into practical, real-world application. You’ll see how regenerative principles, plant growth patterns, and simple grazing math come together to support resilient grazing systems that work across diverse landscapes and operations.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Connect regenerative agriculture principles to tangible grazing outcomes like soil cover, living roots, plant diversity, and livestock integration

• Read the pasture through the lens of plant physiology and growth curves to make better timing, intensity, and recovery decisions

• Use straightforward grazing math to confidently size paddocks, set stock density, and plan grazing and rest periods

• Design paddocks, laneways, and fencing systems that balance flexibility, efficiency, and labour

• Choose livestock water solutions that support intake, animal performance, and day-to-day practicality

Session Agenda

• Welcome, objectives, and participant poll

• Regenerative principles and grazing outcomes

• Plant physiology, growth curves, and recovery targets

• Grazing math fundamentals: demand, efficiency, and capacity

• Paddock design, laneways, and fencing options

• Livestock water systems and performance considerations

• Worked example: 80-cow herd on 160 acres

• Q&A, key takeaways, and resources

Interactive & Practical

This session is designed to keep you engaged, with live polls, chat prompts, and a worked example you can follow along with — no breakout rooms, no fluff.

Participants will receive a set of practical tools to use immediately, including:

• A one-page grazing quick-calculation worksheet

• A paddock sketch and planning template

• A grazing chart to support decision-making

• A curated reading list for continued learning

Whether you’re building grazing plans, advising clients, or refining your own system, this session offers clear thinking, practical tools, and fresh perspective to help grazing systems work with nature — not against it.

About the Presenter

Nadia Mori earned her Master of Science at the University of Saskatchewan. She has been a forage extension specialist for over 10 years working with the Saskatchewan and BC provincial government. More recently, Nadia has taken on the coordinator role with the Peace River Forage Association of BC and the extension coordination for the Peace Region Living Lab, a five-year producer led research project. When Nadia wears a farmer hat, she produces microgreens and fresh vegetables at SquigglyThings to bring local and nutritious food to northern communities.

This event is supported by the Climate Agri-Solutions Fund (CAF). Funding for the CAF has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund. CAF is delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation. To learn more, visit www.bccaf.ca

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