Pasture Walk Series #5: Custom Grazing Dairy Heifers and DNR Land at Voss Farms

Paynesville is the August stop in our 2024 Pasture Walk Series. Join us for an insightful pasture walk at Voss Farms on Thursday, August 22 from 6 to 8 PM. This event will focus on the custom grazing of dairy heifers and utilizing adaptive grazing to address resource goals on a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Management Area (WMA).

Whether you’re a seasoned farmer or beginning grazier, a conservation enthusiast, or simply curious about regenerative agriculture, this pasture walk offers valuable insights and networking opportunities.

Walk Leaders: Doug Voss, Jonathan Kilpatrick

Event Highlights:
Custom Grazing Business: Discover the methods and practices used at Voss Farms for custom grazing dairy heifers. Learn about adaptive grazing strategies, relationship building, and the benefits of a custom grazing for both the animals and the land.
Adaptive Grazing Management on a DNR managed land: Explore how Voss Farms collaborates with the DNR utilizing targeted grazing to manage habitat on public lands. Learn how collaborative efforts can improve habitat for wildlife while meeting nutritional needs of the livestock.

Topics Covered:

• Grazing for soil health outcomes
• The custom grazing business
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients
• Low-cost infrastructure for grazing, including ways to haul water to cattle
• Grazing public land to meet wildlife goals
• And much, much more!

Registration: Free admission. Registration requested, walkups welcome.

Inherent Risks of Livestock Activity
Inherent Risks of Agritourism

SFA staff and volunteers occasionally take photos during our workshops, cafe chats and field days for promotional purposes and to use as documentation of events 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.