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Noble Research Institute, a trusted educational resource for farmers and ranchers since 1945, Kansas State University and Hy-Plains Feedyard have partnered to launch a three-year educational program designed to promote sustainable grazing practices in the Flint Hills region of Kansas and Oklahoma.
In this partnership, led by Kansas State University, Noble will develop educational programming and a grazing support tool with regional knowledge and expertise from the Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition. Hy-Plains Feedyard will provide research and dedicated educational facilities in the Kansas Flint Hills region. Funding for this project was made possible through a $998,195 grant from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The program aims to address critical challenges in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie, which represents the largest remaining contiguous expanse of tallgrass prairie in the United States.
“The Flint Hills region is one of the most important resources the livestock industry has for long-term forage-based beef production,” said Josh Gaskamp, associate director of outreach and partnerships for Noble Research Institute. “The Noble Grazing: Flint Hills Series provides formal instruction and hands-on guidance related to the overall conservation and regeneration of grazing resources, which impact the profitability of ranches, ecosystem function and community dynamics.”
For more information about Noble Research Institute and its educational programs, visit www.noble.org/find-a-course/.
SOURCE Noble Research Institute LLC
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