Wisconsin practices travel to Ethiopia

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Ethiopian development agents use pasture plate

Development agents with the Kombolcha Agricultural, Technical and Vocational Education and Training College, use a pasture plate to determine forage yield.

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Ethiopian development agents use pasture stick

Development agents in Ethiopia use a pasture stick to determine sward height in a pasture.

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Buyers and sellers meet to barter at a livestock sale near Kombolcha, Ethiopia. 'It was unlike anything I've ever seen,' said Dick Cates, who provided pasture-management training as part of the Catholic Relief Services Farmer-to-Farmer program.

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Ethiopian instructors receive gifts from Wisconsin

Development agent-instructors at the Kombolcha Agricultural, Technical and Vocational Education and Training College receive gifts from Wisconsin, such as a copy of "A Sand County Almanac" and "Pastures for Profit."

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Lynn Grooms

SPRING GREEN, Wis. – The grassland Dick Cates manages at his family farm near Spring Green is vastly different from that of smallholders in Ethiopia. But some grassland-management concepts and tools are universal.

Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.