Northwest Wisconsin Graziers Network, Shell Lake-Yellow River Watershed Producer Led Council and UW-Madison Extension would like to invite you to attend this year’s winter grazing conference in Shell Lake from 8:00-3:45 on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
The conference will be held at the Shell Lake Community Center, 200 West Lake Drive next to US Hwy 63. The Community Center is less than a block east of highway 63 in center of town. Registration and the trade show will start at 8:00 AM. The meal will be catered by Fiddlehead Kitchen with Grass-fed beef donated by Adam Wabrowetz of Sawyer Creek Cattle Co. of Shell Lake.
This conference will continue our strong tradition of an informative and friendly networking environment to learn about grazing and conservation opportunities through the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), livestock health care skills, economics of bale grazing, and two grazier panels on their adaptive grazing strategies and on their approaches starting silvo pastures with goats and virtual fence along with other helpful information. See agenda for more details.
The conference should be of interest to new farmers, part-time or full-time operators, low-income startups, graziers or non-graziers alike. Several agency and commercial exhibitors will be available to network with throughout the day.
Advance registration for the conference is due by Wednesday, February 26, cost is only $20 and includes lunch, refreshments and materials. Late registration is $30. For credit card pre-registration go online to our webpage, nwgn.org. Please call Beth Bartol at 218-206-4351 with registration questions.
For more grazing and conference information contact UW-Madison Extension Regional Crops Educator, Becky Brathal, 651-302-6620; Agricultural Development Educator, Kevin Schoessow, at 715-635-3506; or NW Graziers, Lynn Johnson, 715-225-9882.