Harvest Celebration: Growing Profit & Conservation Together

Join us for a hands-on, farmer-focused workshop celebrating the 2025 growing season and planning for a more profitable 2026. This event brings together local farmers, farm advisors, and practical tools that address real issues to your farms bottom line.

We’ll kick off the day with coffee and conversation about the biggest challenges farmers are facing today, followed by a short overview of the soil health principles and how understanding the “why” can boost your bottom line.

Hear from a farmer panel sharing firsthand experiences using soil improving practices like no-till, cover crops, and livestock integration to increase profitability and resilience. Learn how programs such as Precision Profitability Mapping (PPM) can increase the profitability of each acre and address conservation goals at the same time.

After the free lunch, connect directly with resource professionals as they outline opportunities and options available to help you take the next step. Weather permitting, we’ll wrap up the day with a farm tour of the nearby Ryan and Michael Hough farm that is putting these principles into practice.

This relaxed, relationship-driven event is designed by and for farmers. Come for the conversation, leave with ideas and relationships that can help make 2026 your most profitable year yet.

Registration: Free to attend. Lunch provided. Register in advance to ensure you get a lunch.

Agenda

8:30 Coffee/rolls and registration

9:00 Discussion: Challenges of the 2025 crop year and overview of the soil health principles

10:00 Overview of Precision Profitability Mapping (PPM) program – Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Every Acre Counts Program
and David Kruger (producer from Twin Brooks, SD) sharing on-farm experience with the Every Acre Counts program

Break 

10:45 Farmer Panel

11:30 Q & A time with panelists and advisors 

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Field tour at the nearby Ryan & Michael Hough farm to see cover crops, grazing, etc. *Weather permitting.

This event is co-hosted by the Red River Basin Commission, Sustainable Food Lab, and SFA.

SFA staff and volunteers occasionally take photos during our events for promotional purposes and to use as documentation to share with our funders.  If you do not wish to be photographed, please let our event host know — we’ll make every effort to make sure you are not photographed.

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