GrassWorks

Cover Crop and Forage Field Day: Marshfield Ag Research Station
2026-05-07 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | WI
EPPIC FARM TOURS series

Cover Crop and Forage Field Day: Marshfield Ag Research Station – Partnered Field Day with UW-Extension

This hands-on field day is your chance to walk demo plots, hear from UW–Madison researchers and Extension Specialists, and get practical guidance on implementing cover crops in Northern Wisconsin, plus the latest on alfalfa winterkill and hay market trends. Light refreshments provided by EPPIC. Don’t miss it, register now! go.wisc.edu/97w173

Joe Childs Pasture Walk
2026-05-12 10:30 - 12:00 | WI
Watering cattle without well or access to ponds.

Pasture walk will be on Sparkling Ln, Gays Mills, WI. Location is just outside Mt. Zion. Look for signs!

GrazeHERS: Hands-on grazing education for women
2026-05-14 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
GrazeHERs is designed for women at all stages of livestock and pasture management—from those just getting started to those refining an established operation. The program focuses on practical, hands-on learning, peer connection, and building confidence in grazing decision-making.

Participants will attend four live virtual sessions on May 14, 21, 28, and June 4, where they’ll cover topics such as pasture management, soil fertility, livestock nutrition, and grazing math. The program wraps up with an on-farm field day in June, with two location options: Port-Haven Farm (June 11 in Sleepy Eye, MN) or Little Timber Farm (June 16 in Blackduck, MN). Registration includes all sessions as well as lunch at the in-person event.

Follow this link for more information

Grazing Season Kickoff: Jenkins Livestock
2026-05-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Jenkins Livestock, N2929 N Kearley Rd, Markesan, Wisconsin, 53946, United States
Join Golden Sands at Jenkins Livestock to officially kick off the grazing season! Tristan is in the first year of implementing his managed grazing plan with NRCS and will be sharing his experiences. During the event, cattle will be let out on pasture for the first time this season!

Pasture Party 2026
2026-05-17 14:00 - 19:00 | Bouressa Family Farm, N3775 Ritchie Rd, New London, Wisconsin, 54961
Join us for a fun afternoon on the farm, kicking off the grazing season at Bouressa Family Farm!

WI School of Grazing - Lancaster
2026-05-19 09:00 - 2026-05-20 16:30 | Lancaster Ag Research Station, Wisconsin 35, Bloomington, Wisconsin, 53804, United States
Two days of in-depth sessions and hands-on field experiences, led by managed grazing experts.

Topics Covered:

Principles of Managed Grazing

Soil health and pasture productivity

Paddock sizing and placement

Animal genetics and herd health

Establishing and Renovating pastures

Planning your own system

And More!

These schools are focused on large ruminant grazing but the concepts of pasture management learned are useful for all species

Learn more about the Wisconsin Schools of Grazing and register here!

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MAY 15TH!

Rotational Grazing Pasture Walk, Westby
2026-05-25 09:30 - 11:30 | Lars Bergan Farm, E9986 Nelson Rd, Westby, Wisconsin, 54667
GET AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT:

Rotational Grazing beef

Integrating pollinator habitat

Silvopasture

Fencing/watering systems

Seasonal Stocking Rates

Ponds and more!

What Happens When We Till? A Soil Health Field Day
2026-05-28 12:00 - 15:00 | Kohl Farm, 8483 W County Line Rd, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53223
Tilling and plowing our soil is a powerful tool—but like any tool, it’s not right for every job. Join us for this hands-on workshop as we build a shared “know-till” mindset and discuss ways to make smart tillage decisions based on soil conditions, crops, and context.

We’re bringing a USDA-NRCS rainfall simulator to Milwaukee (for potentially the first time ever!) so we can see firsthand the impact that different management practices have on soil.

You’ll learn:

How tillage affects soil health—and what that means for your weed management, irrigation, and fertilization

Tips to choose the right tillage methods and equipment for your production goals

Alternate no- and low-till practices that can help manage weeds, reduce soil compaction, and terminate cover crops

Plus, take home FREE cover crop seed to plant this season!

Free event, register here!

Pasture Walk Series @ Twin Creeks Cattle Co
2026-05-29 08:15 - 10:30, 2026-06-05 08:15 - 10:30, 2026-06-19 08:15 - 10:30 | Twin Creeks Cattle Co., W2366 Gouda Rd, Tomahawk, WI, 54487, United States
Throughout the summer, this pasture walk series led by Paul and Tom Daigle will introduce UW-Stevens Point Natural Resources students to the principles of managed grazing and the ecosystem services provided by proper management of livestock on pastures. At each pasture walk, cohorts of 35-40 students will learn principles of managed grazing and actively participate in pasture measurement, sizing a paddock, and calculating pasture forage availability. Tom and his wife Linda have owned this farm since 2010 and the land has been in the family for over 100 years. This year, they have 20 cow-calf pairs, 50 steers and heifers, and 2 bulls.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! While this pasture walk series is designed for natural resources students, all events in the series are open to the public! These events are free of cost and no registration is required to attend!

Joel Salatin Workshop
2026-05-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Brattset Family Farm, N2437 Brattset Lane, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 53549
Join Glacierland RC&D for a full day grazing workshop with Joel Salatin! Lunch will be included. Details and register here!

Breakfast with the Birds
2026-05-30 08:00 - 10:00 | Brattset Family Farm, N2437 Brattset Lane, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 53549
Enjoy a peaceful morning in the pastures with a light breakfast and observing local native grassland birds. Details and register here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breakfast-with-the-birds-tickets-1988004657446?aff=erellivmlt

Organic Valley Producer Series: Organic Feeds & Pasture Management
2026-06-01 11:30 - 12:30 | WI
Join DGA for an in-depth roundtable discussion focused on optimizing your grazing systems and sourcing high-quality organic feed. Whether you are navigating seasonal transitions, managing grazing rotations, or verifying supplemental feed inputs, this session offers practical, producer-to-producer insights. Come prepared to share your strategies and learn from fellow farmers in the Organic Valley community. This is the second Webinar in our Organic Valley series, bought to you by an OV FAFO grant.

Details and register HERE

Bike the Farms
2026-06-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Good Trouble Grove, N6498 Wisconsin 49, Green Lake, Wisconsin, 54941
Join us for an afternoon of fresh air, scenic riding, and meaningful connection to the land. Bike the Farms is a family-friendly cycling event designed to bring our community closer to the farmers who steward it.

Pedal your way through beautiful countryside, stop at local farms, and experience firsthand the places keeping our agricultural heritage alive.

Our host farm will have food, music, and kids’ activities throughout the day for anyone to enjoy, even if you choose not to join the bike tour.

Date: June 7th, 2026Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PMStart & End Location: Good Trouble Grove, N6498 State Road 49, Green Lake

Farm Stops Include:

Pineapple Hill Orchard

Boerson Farm

More details and registration options HERE!

Great River Graziers Pasture Walk Series
2026-06-09 10:30 - 12:30 | WI
All are welcome at this pasture walk series, facilitated by Vance Haugen (507) 459-0495

www.crawfordstewardship.org/grg

**check Facebook for schedule updates**

Alden Hills - Calving on Pasture with Greg Brickner - CANCELLED
2026-06-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Alden Hills Organic Farm, N237 Alden Rd, Walworth, Wisconsin, 53184
Join Glacierland RC&D for a deep dive into the logistics of calving on your pastures. This is a free event but registration is required! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alden-hills-calving-on-pasture-with-greg-brickner-tickets-1985518372902

Midwest Meat Summit
2026-06-17 13:00 - 2026-06-18 17:00 | FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 Southwest Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny, Iowa, 50023
The second annual Midwest Meat Summit, hosted by PFI in collaboration with the National Meat Summit Steering Committee, brings together every part of the meat supply chain to learn, network and build community.

Farmers, butchers and industry experts are invited to two days of hands-on technical and business assistance, valuable speaker sessions and ample time to mingle and connect.

The event takes place in Ankeny, Iowa, on June 17-18, with a bus tour on Day 1 to visit farms and a processor, followed by a local-foods dinner. The second day consists of breakout sessions and an exhibit hall. The summit is part of a national series of events dedicated to supporting meat value chains, from pasture to the plate.

Registration is required, and space may be limited. Details and register HERE!

Email amos.johnson@practicalfarmers.org or call 515-232-5661 if you have any questions.

Postponed: Old Orchard Farm Twilight Pasture Walk
2026-06-17 17:00 - 19:00 | Old Orchard Farm, 9707 Bridge Road, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 53012
Join our evening pasture walk at Old Orchard Farm, sheep and goats as management tools, and stay for a farm to table dinner! Details and RSVP here.

The Healthy Herd: Integrated Grazing and Health Scoring
2026-06-19 13:00 - 16:00 | WI
At this workshop they will bring a regenerative farmer together with their meat processor to discuss field to plate. They will cover pasture management and how it affects carcass yield. Cliff McConville of All Grass Farms and Matthew Simms of This Old Farm will be available to answer any questions you may have about grazing and producing clean meat.

This event will take place in Elkhorn, WI. Purchase tickets here

New Story Farm – Intensive Rotational Grazing Field Day
2026-06-23 09:00 - 13:00 | New Story Farm, 19778 235th Street, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 55350
Join us for this engaging field day at New Story Farms! Take a walking tour through warm and cool season pasture, and observe Mobile Water Wagon and Paddock Rotation demos!

Featuring

Silvopasture and year-round rotational grazing

NRCS Representative to answer questions for available cost-share, Equip and CSP programs

Government programs to help your grazing management system

Reminder! This field day will feature a mile long walk through pasture, please bring comfortable walking shoes, water bottle, sunscreen ect. Details and register here!

Location : 19778 235th Street Hutchinson, MN, 55350

Great River Graziers Pasture Walk Series - Studnicka Cattle Co.
2026-06-23 10:30 - 12:30 | Studnicka Cattle Co., 1435 Blue River Rd, Muscoda, 53573, United States
All are welcome at this pasture walk series, facilitated by Vance Haugen (507) 459-0495

Great River Graziers is a peer to peer learning network of graziers in Southwest Wisconsin, primarily centered around Crawford County. For our pasture walks, we ask that the host come with a question or situation in which they are looking to improve. The attendees will play a large role in offering assistance, advice, knowledge, and experience to help answer the host’s question or improve their situation.

This is an active learning opportunity for all present, not a showcase.

For Ryan’s topic, we will discuss how to extend the grazing season and limit the amount of days spent feeding hay to beef cattle through stockpiling and other grazing methods.

www.crawfordstewardship.org/grg

**check Facebook for schedule updates**

Rolling Hills Stock Farm Pasture Walk
2026-06-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Rolling Hills Stock Farm, 2409 County Road Y, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 53533
Managing Native Warm Season Pasture: See how Gene’s grazing management system has benefited from warm season grass pastures over the years. Compare establishment and management of these forages with more common introduced, cool-season grass pastures and what benefits they bring to a grazing system.

Wagner Farms Pasture Walk
2026-06-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Wagner Family Farms, N5228 Cloverdale Rd., Black River Falls, WI, 54615, United States
Come on out for a great opportunity to see beautiful Milking Shorthorn cattle headed out to great managed pastures.

The Wagner family are experienced dairy farmers with a wealth of knowledge for pasture management and organic dairy farming.

Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program - Cherokee Park
2026-06-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Cherokee Park, 108042 County Road N, Colby, Wisconsin, 54421
Join us for an on-farm field day exploring a variety of cover crop plots installed by Short Lane Ag.

These plots showcase how different cover crop mixes and nitrogen application rates can impact corn yield. You’ll get an up-close, in-field look at the trials, with plenty of time to walk the plots, ask questions, and discuss what we’re seeing. Lunch provided by EPPIC at Cherokee Park.

MN Grazing Lands Grazing School Zoom Series
2026-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Introduction to Grazing ManagementJune 25 @ Noon Build your foundation. Understand rotational principles that immediately improve forage utilization.Led by: Troy Salzer & Tarah Young

Register Here

WI Demo Farm Network Silvopasture Focused Field Day
2026-06-26 10:00 - 14:00 | Wisconia Nova Farms, N8227 2nd Ln, Westfield, Wisconsin, 53901, United States
Join the Wisconsin Agroforestry Demonstration Farm Network at our summer field days!

At this silvopasture-focused field day, Jay and Ivan of Wisconia Nova Farms will explain their system of running cows and sheep through their diverse tree and shrub plantings.

10-11:30am: Introductions and Farm Tour

11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch

12:30-2pm: Deep Dive Workshop

Cost: $12 (lunch included)

The registration fee will be used to provide travel stipends for farmers to attend the event. Please email eleanor@savannainstitute.org if a travel stipend would help allow you to attend.

The Wisconsin Agroforestry Farm Network is made possible by a partnership with the Savanna Institute and NRCS-WI. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Find out more about this event here or by clicking the link below

Grazing for Birds - Plum Creek Conservation Area - Crawford County
2026-06-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Plum Creek Conservation Area, Plum Creek Road, Wauzeka, WI, 53826, United States
Join Krysten Zummo, Range Ecologist for the National Audubon Society, on Saturday, June 27th from 9 am – 11 am at Plum Creek Conservation Area to see the birds of the Conservancy’s Plum Creek Conservation Area and learn about how cattle can be used as a management tool to create healthy grassland bird habitat!

Michael Reitz, the Plum Creek Conservation Area manager and restoration ecologist will guide participants on a tour of a 210-acre field that, only a few years ago, was planted to corn, eroding at an alarming rate, and devoid of habitat. As part of restoration efforts to find overlap between conservation and agriculture, 170 acres were planted to pollinator prairie and 40 acres were planted to pasture that incorporates native prairie plants.

Learn more and register here!

Wisconsin Cattlemen's Association Summer Tour
2026-06-27 09:30 - 16:00 | WI
Will you be joining us for Summer Tour? The day will start at Rooney Angus just outside Chippewa Falls. Rooney Angus is a family-rooted Angus operation built on hard work, integrity, and a commitment to producing functional cattle that perform in real-world environments. Our second stop will take us to Strey Farm near Foster. The Strey farm near Foster was purchased in 1998 by Steve and Leslie Strey. The final stop on the tour will be Kostka Ranch near Strum – a growing beef operation owned by Cody and Leeza Kostka. Read more and register here!

Rooney Angus (11728 County Hwy S, Chippewa Falls)

9:30 a.m. Registration

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Tour

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Ranch Brand Meat Company

Please avoid parking in front of the Ranch Brand Store

35-minute drive to Strey Farm

Strey Farm (S13851 Finch Dr, Osseo)

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. lunch

WCA President Address (Jared Geiser)

Wisconsin Beef Council Update (Kaitlyn Kesler)

Awards

1:00 – 1:50 p.m. Tour

10-minute drive to Kostka Ranch

Kostka Ranch (S13785 County Road U, Strum)

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Tour

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Social

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Field Day Potluck: Crops and Cattle for Soil Health at Siverling Centennial Farm
2026-06-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Siverling Centennial Farm and Market, 19533 WI-40, Bloomer, WI, 54724, United States
Are you interested in learning about Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Health? We have the farm for you! Come join us for a day of networking, exploring, learning, and sharing at a mixed-species managed grazing farm with crops and gardens.

Siverling Centennial Farm is a 320 acre farm located in Bloomer, WI. They are certified organic and rotationally graze about 150 beef cattle. They also have pastured pigs, a vegetable garden with a CSA program, and raise organic row crops. We will tour the pasture and gardens, as well as their on-site inspected butcher facility, certified kitchen, and farm store.

“We farm in a way that produces healthy, quality food for our community,” says farmer host Vanessa Klemish. Bring your questions and curiousity to this visit, along with comfortable hiking shoes.

This event is a network gathering and tour, with a Potluck Meal. Please bring your own chair and a dish to share! WiWiC will provide paper goods, cutlery, and drinks. You will also want a water bottle for the pasture tour.

Details and register HERE!
