Current & Upcoming
Pasture Walk Series #2 – Rotations that Work: Grazing + Cropping for Margins & Matter
May 22, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM
Flanagan Farms 36554 620th Ave. Bluffton, MN 56518
Join us for a free, guided pasture walk at Flanagan Farms: a 398-acre multi-unit operation focused on long-term soil health and profitability through strategic grazing and cropping. Attendees will get an in-depth look at how the Flanagans manage their home quarter using an 8-year crop and forage rotation that builds organic matter and improves gross margins…
View MoreMidwest Grazing & Soil Heath Summit
Mar 19, 2025 12:00PM—Mar 20, 2025 5:00PM
Willmar Conference Center: 240 23rd St SE Willmar, MN 56201
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…
View MoreFarm 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…
View MoreCafe 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…
View MoreSoil 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…
View MoreKernza: 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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