Prepping for Winter & Grass-fed Cattle Genetics

Join us on Saturday, November 2nd, from 1-4 PM at Luverne and MJ Forbord’s Prairie Horizons Farm located between Benson and Starbuck, Minnesota!

Explore how the Forbords prepare their operation for winter with strategies like stockpiling, bale grazing, and wintering their livestock. With over 20 years of experience in grass-fed beef genetic selection and direct marketing, they have a wealth of knowledge to share. Plus, discover how they use goats to enhance pasture quality—and have a little fun along the way!

Topics to be covered:

• Genetic selection for grass-fed beef
• Bull selection
• Direct marketing grass-fed beef
• Stockpiling perennials and bale grazing
• Pasture management
• and as always, much more!

About the farm: MJ served as SFA’s first executive director, and is pleased to welcome us back to the farm for our pasture-walk season wrap up. She and Luverne are 5th generation Minnesota farmers producing delicious and healthy grass fed beef, orchard fruits, nuts and vegetables in a nontoxic, regenerative system that fosters life, health, diversity and community. They steward 480 acres of original and restored native prairie, sequestering carbon, raising healthy animals and deep-rooted perennial plants, and keeping water clean.

The Forbords’ land has been certified organic since 2006, and is home to about 100 cattle, 30 goats, a feisty farm dog and abundant wildlife.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from seasoned grazers and enjoy an afternoon on the farm.
Check out more about Prairie Horizons Farm here: www.prairiehorizonsfarm.com

Registration: It is free to attend. Advance registration requested, walkups welcome.

Address: 31008 MN-29 Benson, MN 56215.

Inherent Risks of Agritourism        Inherent Risks of Livestock Activity

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