This field day is a collaboration between the Klessig family, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, the Wallace Center at Winrock International, GrassWorks, Glacierland RC&D, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Lunch provided (including grass-fed burgers)
Pre-register here! https://tinyurl.com/SaxonHomestead
Join us for a FREE workshop in partnership with Saxon Homestead Farm!
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA, THIS EVENT IS BEING MOVED TO AN OFF-FARM LOCATION.
Hosted at: Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
7001 Gass Lake Road
Manitowoc, WI 54220
(Town of Newton)
Thursday July 18th, 11am-2pm
Lunch provided (including grass-fed burgers)
Economic pressures in the dairy sector make optimizing scale and providing options to farmers essential, including for graziers. This workshop will focus on infrastructure, management, and technology to increase efficiency when running a larger dairy herd on pasture. The Klessigs graze over 600 cows using both managed grazing and feeding a TMR; They milk in a 24-unit swing parlor.
This workshop is a collaboration between the Klessig family, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, the Wallace Center at Winrock International, GrassWorks, Glacierland RC&D, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership. Funding support comes from Great Lakes Protection Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and GrassWorks.