Current & Upcoming

Midwest Grazing & Soil Heath Summit

Mar 19, 2025 12:00PM—Mar 20, 2025 5:00PM

Willmar Conference Center: 240 23rd St SE Willmar, MN 56201

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Our longstanding Midwest Soil Health Summit is now the Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit. Read more about this evolution here. Find details on speakers, sponsorship and tradeshow opportunities as they are announced on our Summit homepage. Registration Early Bird Members (through Jan. 5, 2025): $140 Regular Members  (Begins Jan. 6, 2025): $160 Nonmembers: $180 Students: $80 (Please…

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Farm Tour at Fresh Starts Farm (organic grains)

Aug 31, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

Fresh Starts Farm 1962 Harbor Street Mora, MN 55051

Fresh Starts Farm owned by East Central Chapter SFA member Rye Carlson is an organic grain farm that grows corn, soybeans and sunflowers with early interseeded companion cover crops. Buckwheat, mustards, peas, and other common cover crops in mixes are used to suppress weeds and replace the cultivator in an ideal year. They also supply…

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Cafe Chat: No-Till and Cover Crops

Aug 08, 2024 11:00AM—1:30PM

Duffy's Riverside Saloon 110 Front Street Redwood Falls, MN 56283

Could implementing practices like cover crops and no-till on your farm work for you and your bottom line? What if you could get paid to do it? Enjoy a meal and conversation with area farmers and your Soil Water Conservation District on Thursday, August 8 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Duffy’s in Redwood…

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Soil Health Field Day: How to Determine if your Soil is Functioning

Jul 05, 2023 12:00PM—3:00PM

Williams, MN

Join SFA’s Kent Solberg and Doug Voss along with Lake of the Woods Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff for an afternoon in the field. We will be looking at ways we can evaluate whether or not our soils are functioning properly. Hosted on Bill Bendickson’s farming operation, we will discuss…

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Kernza: Grain, Grazing, or Both?

Jul 14, 2023 2:00PM—5:00PM

46352 State Hwy 329 Morris, MN 56267

What are the possibilities around using Kernza for both a forage and grain? Come hear from Brad Heins, Extension Specialist and Professor for Dairy Management at U of M Morris and West Central Research and Outreach Center, discuss the Kernza plots that they have been grazing for over 5 years. We will discuss what they…

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Past | Archive

Homestead Gardening & Seed Starting for Beginners Webinar

Mar 13, 2025 6:00PM—7:30PM

Zoom Webinar

Central Chapter Annual Meeting

Mar 08, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

Milk and Honey 11738 Co Rd 51 Saint Joseph, MN 56374

Crow River Coffee (Brewpub, actually) Social #4

Mar 08, 2025 5:00PM—7:00PM

Spilled Grain 300 Elm St E Annandale, MN 55302

POSTPONED: Climate Resilience and Agritourism with the Region Nine Growers’ Network

Mar 06, 2025 5:30PM—7:30PM

The Wooden Spoon 515 N Riverfront Dr Mankato, MN 56001

March Social: Climate Smart Seedling Production

Mar 02, 2025 12:00PM—2:00PM

Keepsake Cidery 4609 135th St E Dundas, MN 55019