Current & Upcoming

Midwest Grazing & Soil Heath Summit

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

Willmar Conference Center Willmar, MN

Our longstanding Midwest Soil Health Summit is now the Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit. Read more about this evolution here. More information on speakers, registration, sponsorship and tradeshow for this event is coming soon. For more information, please contact:Jonathan Kilpatrick, jonathan@sfa-mn.org  

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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

Western Chapter Monthly Meeting

Nov 12, 2024 7:30PM

Zoom

Processing & Cleaning Native Seeds with the TC Metro Growers and MN SEED Project

Nov 12, 2024 5:00PM—6:30PM

Urban Roots 1110 Payne Ave Saint Paul, MN 55130

Assessing Your Farm’s Profitability

Nov 07, 2024 5:30PM—7:30PM

Wooden Spoon 515 N Riverfront Mankato, MN 56001

Prepping for Winter & Grass-fed Cattle Genetics

Nov 02, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

31008 MN-29 Benson, MN 56215.

POSTPONED: Discussion with Natural Resource Coordinator Dan MacSwain – Hosted by the East Central Chapter

Nov 02, 2024

Chisago Lakes Area Library 11754 302nd St. Chisago City, MN 55013

Pasture Walk Series #7: Extending the Grazing Season with Diverse Cover Crops

Oct 24, 2024 4:00PM—6:00PM

Grassrich Dairy 25117 County Road 50 Cold Spring, MN 56320