Grazing Schools

The Missouri Regional Grazing Schools are educational programs taught by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and University of Missouri Extension (MU). The schools serve three purposes: 1) educate producers and agency personnel in the art and science of grazing management; 2) transfer new technology in grassland management to producers and agency personnel; 3) qualify producers for the state DSP3 cost-share program.

The schools are taught in nine "grazing school regions." These regions do not conform to institutional boundaries of either NRCS or MU. Rather, they define regions according to similar soil, topography, and land use.

All schools must address the following core subject matter in some form or another:

• Introduction to Management-intensive grazing
• Resource evaluation
• Plant growth
• Forage quality
• Livestock nutrition on pasture
• Soil fertility and landscape ecology
• Layout and design
• Fence and water technology
• Economics
• Tying it all together

Northwest Region

Savannah - June 25-26 - Curt Walker (816) 232-6555 Ext. 139 or Jim Humphrey (816) 324-3147

Chillicothe - Sept 14-15 - Curt Walker (816) 232-6555 Ext. 139 or Jim Humphrey (816) 324-3147

Weston - Sept 25-26 - Curt Walker (816) 232-6555 Ext. 139 or Jim Humphrey (816) 324-3147

Northwest Central Region

Warrensburg - May 29-30 - James Watterson (660) 747-8200 Ext. 3

Sedalia - Sept 12-13 - Beverly Dillon (660) 826-3339 Ext. 3  or Zach Harding  or Adam Gumbel 

East Central Region

Warrenton - April 10-11 - Sarah Szachnieski (636) 456-3434 Ext. 3

St. Martins (evening school) - May 7-9 - Ed Gilmore (573) 893-5188 Ext. 3

Central Region

Rolla - April 18-19 - Phelps Co. SWCD - Paula Wade (573) 364-6202 Ext. 3

Tri-County School-Osage County - May 16-17 - Osage Co. SWCD - Angie Cole (573) 897-3797

Ext. 3

Advanced Grazing School - June 13-14 - Crawford Co. Extension (573) 775-2135

Wurdack - Sept 26-27 - Crawford Co. Extension (573) 775-2135

South Central Region

West Plains - April 24-26 - Logan Wallace (417) 256-2391 or Jamie Kurtz (417) 256-7117 Ext. 3

Hartville - May 1-3 - Missy Wollard (417) 741-7343 Ext. 3 or Ted Probert (417) 741-6134

Doniphan - June 18 – 20 - Sarah Kenyon (417) 778-7490 or Rachel Griffin (573) 996-3619 Ext. 3

Houston - July 29-31 - Sandy Wooten (417) 967-2028 Ext. 3 or Ted Probert (417) 741-6134 

Squires - August 12-14 - Angie Fletcher (417) 683-4409  or DavidHarrison (417) 683-4816

Willow Springs - Sept 4-6 - Regan Hughston (417) 256-7117 Ext. 3 or Jamie Kurtz (417) 256-7117 Ext. 3 

Southeast Region

Park Hills - May 7-8- Selma Mascaro (573) 224-3410 Ext. 3

Jackson - Sept 18-19 - Selma Mascaro (573) 224-3410 Ext. 3

Southwest Region

Halfway - April 30, May 3,7,10 (evenings), May 4 field day (Saturday daytime) - Dallas Co. SWCD (417) 345-2312 Ext. 3

Mt. Vernon - May 8-10 (daytime) - Lawrence Co. SWCD (417) 466-7682 Ext. 3

Ozark - May 21-23 (daytime) - Aaron Hoefer (417) 581-2719 Ext. 3

Neosho - June 11-13 (daytime) - Nathan Witt (417) 451-1007 Ext. 3

Greenfield - Sept 12-14 (daytime) - Cedar County SWCD (417) 276-3388 Ext. 3

Marshfield - Sept 24-26 (daytime) - Mark Emerson (417) 468-4176 Ext. 3

Bois D’ Arc - October 22-24 (daytime) - Greene Co. SWCD (417) 831-5246 Ext. 3

Southwest Central Region

Lincoln - April 10-11 - Tina Hovendick (660) 547-2353

Cass County - May 7-8 - Jamie Bokern (816) 884-3391

Osceola - May 15-16 - Margie Best (417) 646-8108

Lebanon - June 4-5  - Mary Jo Tannehill (417) 532-6305  or Jimmie Haines (417) 532-6305

Northeast Region

Novelty - Sept 6-7 - Karisha Devlin (660) 397-2179 or Tim Clapp (660) 385-2616 Ext. 113

Linneus Schools

Linneus (beginning grazing school) - October 1-3 - Joetta Roberts (573) 499-0886