GrassWorks

Field Day Potluck: Crops and Cattle for Soil Health at Siverling Centennial Farm
2026-06-30 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | 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!

Mott Farms Pasture Walk
2026-06-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Mott Farms, 20158 Hidden Valley Rd, Richland Center, WI, 53581, United States
Please join the Mott Family and learn about their grazing operation! See their portable electric fencing and waterline system that allows them to water on the ridges. Hear about their experience with NRCS-EQIP funding to convert their farm to managed grazing.

Pelton Cattle Company Pasture Walk
2026-07-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Pelton Cattle Company, S2131 County Rd H, Reedsburg, Wisconsin, 53959
Running a Stocker Enterprise: Learn how the Peltons have structured their stocker cattle enterprise and built a grazing management system to accommodate a larger herd size.

MN Grazing Lands Grazing School Zoom Series
2026-07-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-07-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-07-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Wisconsin
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

Will o the Winds Farm Tour
2026-07-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Will o the Winds Farm, 78175 Washington Ave, Washburn, Wisconsin, 54891
CHEQUAMEGON BAY FOOD PRODUCERS SUMMER 2026 FARM TOURS

Join Carly and Tyler Stephenson for a tour of their seven-year-old, 20-acre farm outside Washburn. They pasture-raise 12 to 20 hogs a year, and in addition to selling the pork, Carly renders the fat to make scented soaps. They also raise meat and egg chickens, maple syrup, garlic, and winter squash.

Questions? Contact Lissa Radke, Ashland County UW Extension, 715-682-7017 or Brian Clements, northcroftfarm@gmail.com

Organic Valley Producer Series: Herd Health - Virtual
2026-07-06 11:30 - 12:30 | Wisconsin
Join DGA for the third webinar in our Organic Valley series. This interactive roundtable discussion will focus on the fundamentals of organic dairy herd health: environment, observation, prevention, and treatment. Topics will include preventing common health issues, herd management best practices, training employees and apprentices to recognize and monitor animal health concerns, effective alternative treatments, and more. Come prepared to share your experiences and learn practical strategies from fellow farmers in the Organic Valley community.

Details and register here!

Gauge Your Grass: Forage Measurement Workshop
2026-07-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Bouressa Family Farm, N3775 Ritchie Rd, New London, WI, 54961, United States
UPDATE: The afternoon session has been cancelled. The morning session will now cover information for farmers AND technical service providers!

This event has two sessions, one for farmers, and one for agricultural professionals. The morning session runs from 9 am – Noon. During this session, farmers will learn three methods to measure your forages, get plant ID training, discuss your grazing wedge, and connect with fellow farmers. Free lunch included!

The afternoon sessions runs from 1pm-4pm. It will include training on the pasture condition scoresheet and close with a G-team meeting.

Details and RSVP here!

Silver Star Farms Pasture Walk
2026-07-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Silver Star Farms, N4065 COUNTY RD H, Elroy, WI, 53929, United States
Juneau County Pasture Walk Series

New to grazing? Learn how this family took their traditional row crop home farm to 100% year-round rotational grazing. Learn about the challenges and wins from putting in winter waters, creek crossings, and butterfly habitats, to starting off year-one with annual grasses to shifting to cool and warm-season grasses.

Pasture Renovation & Recovery - Shawano County Pasture Walk
2026-07-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Full Circle Community Farm, W2407 Hofa Park Rd, Seymour, Wisconsin, 54165
Join us to explore pasture renovation and recovery in Seymour Wisconsin, meeting at Full Circle Community Farm. Laurie Pilgrim raises beef cattle through managed grazing and implements bale grazing through the winter months. This event will include a walk through the grazing operation, with discussion, suggestions, and hands-on investigation of how to optimize pasture health and performance.

Topics include: forage mix options, pasture planting and interseeding strategy, plant ID, bale grazing, outwintering, and soil fertility.

This free event is brought to you by Full Circle Community Farm, Golden Sands RC&D, Shawano County Land Conservation Department, Shawano County Watershed Advisory Council, GrassWorks Inc, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Refreshments provided and RSVP’s are appreciated. For more information or registration visit GoldenSandsRCD.org/events, email Grazing@GoldenSandsRCD.org, or call 715-343-6215.

Pasture Walk at Anathoth Community Farm
2026-07-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Anathoth Community Farm, 740 Round Lake Rd, Luck, Wisconsin, 54853, United States
The NW Wisconsin Graziers Network, GrassWorks, and UW-Madison Extension invite you to a multi-enterprise pasture walk hosted by Anathoth Community Farm. This educational event will emphasize using hay to enhance soil fertility, pollinator pasture and habitat, multi-species grazing for meat production, farm to food bank sales, regenerative agriculture and watershed protection.

The Anathoth Community Farm is home to Mike Miles, Barb Kass, and their extended family. They raise fully pastured beef, poultry, and pork and partner with the St Croix Valley Food Alliance and St Croix Food Bank to make “farm to food bank sales”. Learn more about this and how it benefits both farmers and the community. Lunch will be provided after the farm tour.

The farm consists of about 60 acres on gently rolling lighter soils with pastures and wooded areas. Using temporary polywire fencing and portable animal paddocks, Miles moves animals up to three times per day, thereby creating better soil health, water infiltration and diversified animal nutrition. Short term high stocking density grazing, out-wintering beef cattle and bale grazing will be discussed along with answering any questions from pasture walk participants.

The farm has established key-line swales to harvest melted snow and rain water run-off which could otherwise cause erosion. The swale borders are planted with various perennials both trees and shrubs. Forages are grown in the alleys. Silvopasturing include both partial clearing for grazing and establishment of trees in existing pastures.

A newly developed 2.5acre pollinator pasture is being established with a grant from the Xerces Society will be discussed. The farm features rotational beef grazing, pastured poultry, layers and broilers, pastured hogs, and solar power that supplies electricity to the grid. The farm also uses a three-point, no-till seeder to inter-seed forage mixes and cover crops in heavy use areas.

Farm Tech Days @ No Joke Dairy
2026-07-14 08:00 - 2026-07-16 17:00 | No Joke Dairy LLC, 216601 Wescott Ave, Stratford, WI, 54484, United States
Wisconsin Farm Tech Days is right in our backyard this year-right here in the Eau Pleine Watershed! EPPIC will be at the show all three days, and we’d love for you to stop by, say hello, and chat with us. We’ll have our rainfall simulator on display, and we’re teaming up with Short Lane Ag to showcase several cover crop strips behind our booths for everyone to explore. It’s a great chance to see soil health principles in action. Come on down, visit our booth, and enjoy all the other great exhibits and activities happening at this year’s Farm Tech Days. We hope to see you there!

Heart of America Grazing Conference
2026-07-15 12:00 - 2026-07-16 16:00 | Effingham Event Center, 1501 W Fayette Ave, Effingham, Illinois, 62401
The Heart of America Grazing conferene is coming to Illinois this summer!

📍 Effingham, IL📅 July 15–16, 2026

Join graziers from across the Midwest for two days of immersive, producer-focused learning, including:

-On-farm tour-Virtual fencing-University of Illinois research-Bale grazing-Cover crop grazing strategies

This regional conference brings together producers, researchers, and grazing professionals for practical education and peer-to-peer learning. Registration opens May 1. More details here.

Pasture Walk Series @ Twin Creeks Cattle Co
2026-07-17 08:15 - 10:30, 2026-07-24 08:15 - 10:30, 2026-08-07 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!

2026 Wisconsin Farmers Union Conference
2026-07-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Wisconsin Farmers Union Kamp Kenwood, 13864 192nd Street, Chippewa Falls, WI, 54729, United States
Wisconsin Farmers Union invites you to join them Friday, July 17th at WFU Kamp Kenwood for our Annual Summer Conference. Join for lunch, updates from WFU Staff, workshops, the Chapter Presidents’ Meeting, and their annual pie contest. All are welcome to attend!

With high temperatures in the forecast and the air advisory currently in effect, we’ve adjusted the schedule to keep everyone as comfortable as possible. Please plan for the following:

9:00–10:00 a.m. – Registration, coffee, and networking10:00–10:30 a.m. – Welcome & State of the Farmers Union10:30–11:00 a.m. – Chapter Presidents Meeting11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – Breakout Sessions12:00–1:00 p.m. – Lunch1:00–2:00 p.m. – Keynote with Brian Reisinger, author of Land Rich Cash Poor2:00–3:00 p.m. – Pie Social, networking, and book signing with BrianMore info and register HERE

Manitou Makoons Gitigaan (Little Spirit Bear Farm)
2026-07-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Manitou Makoons Gitigaan, Madeline Island, Wisconsin
CHEQUAMEGON BAY FOOD PRODUCERS SUMMER 2026 FARM TOURS

Visit this five-acre community farm whose mission is to reconnect and restore Indigenous ways of life through building intercultural community healing, and support a just, regenerative and climate-resilient food economy. The farm, in its third year of production, is focusing on building soil health and farm infrastructure.

Questions? Contact Lissa Radke, Ashland County UW Extension, 715-682-7017 or Brian Clements, northcroftfarm@gmail.com

Field Day Potluck: Pork on the Prairie at Dorothy's Range
2026-07-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Dorothy’s Range, W8707 Sawmill Rd, Blanchardville, Wisconsin, 53516, United States
Join us at Dorothy’s Range for a thoughtful, on-the-ground exploration of how farming and ecological restoration can work in harmony. Our host April Prusia raises pigs which are pastured seasonally behind electric fencing and are fed local organic feed, while her partner Steve focuses on the ecological restoration of Erickson Creek (a trout stream that runs through the property), oak savanna, and a diverse restored prairie on the property. April and Steve work together so that the farm can both be a productive heritage hog operation and create thriving habitat for rare songbirds and diverse wildlife. The land hosts numerous insects and rare songbirds, with the Bobolink being one of April’s favorite. Her motto is “Bacon and Bobolinks!” Some of the infrastructure they have installed includes water diversion from the barn gutters away from the barn yard, solar panels, and barn upgrades funded by a grant from Frontera.

This event is a learning circle gathering and tour, with a Potluck Meal. Please bring a dish to share.

THIS WILL BE A NO-WASTE POTLUCK. Please bring a plate, mug, and silverware for yourself. We will compost on site.

Parking is VERY limited and tricky, so the event will be limited to 40 people. You must RSVP so that we can have a good sense of how to direct traffic on the small rural road.

Details and RSVP here!

Great River Graziers Pasture Walk Series
2026-07-21 10:30 - 12:30 | Aaron Miller Farm, E8477 Octagon Ave, Cashton, WI, 54619, 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 pasturewalks, 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 Aaron’s topic, we will be discussing how to manage the late spring flush and how to handle multi-species grazing on this amish farm operation that houses over 400 sheep.

**check Facebook for schedule updates**

www.crawfordstewardship.org/grg

Solar Grazing Technical Training and Field Day
2026-07-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Prairie Theater and Event Center, 400 University Dr, Fon du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Topics: Technical considerations, farmer and industry perspectives, along with a review of Olivia’s solar grazing plan. If you’re interested in covering a specific topic, please include your questions in the registration form. The morning session will take place at Prairie Theater and Event Center and the afternoon field tour will be hosted at Halbur Heavenly Hill Farm.

The event is free and lunch will be provided. Register here

Pasture Tour: Great Heritage Farm in Winthrop, MN
2026-07-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Great Heritage Farm, 57098 310 St, Winthrop, Minnesota, 55396
Join Minnesota Women in Conservation for this exciting tour of a working multi-species grazing operation with experienced market producer Leah Matzke. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your practices, this tour and learning circle will offer real-world knowledge, encouragement, and connection. We’ll tour the farm, get to know each other through an interactive Learning Circle, and share pizza from Corner Pizza. FREE!

Great Heritage Farm pastures hogs, sheep, goats, chickens, and family milk cows. The whole farm is treated as one organism. Each enterprise isn’t just doing its own thing; it’s feeding the next. The dairy cows nourish the family AND the soil – the milk feeds the pigs, in addition to the people. The beef cattle are waking up soil biology, stimulating plant growth, and drawing in beneficial insects. The chickens scratch apart cow patties and handle insect control while keeping the family and friends in eggs. The sheep and goats clean up the brush and thistles the cattle leave behind. Nothing is wasted. Everything has a role and is stronger together.

This farm also has a farm store and a Minnesota Department of Agriculture-licensed Mobile Food Trailer.

Details and RSVP here!

Black Creek Bison Ranch Pasture Walk
2026-07-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Black Creek Bison Ranch, 2473 Rolling Green Rd, Spooner, Wisconsin, 54801, United States
See different stages of silvopasture development and forest mulching in action on this bison ranch. Guest speakers from UW Extension will be in attendance.

Moonlight Meadows Farm Tour
2026-08-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Moonlight Meadows Farm, 41359 Mika Road, Marengo, WI, 54855, United States
CHEQUAMEGON BAY FOOD PRODUCERS SUMMER 2026 FARM TOURS

Tim Mika has decades of experience raising grass-fed cattle on his family’s farm. He’s also the agricultural technician for the Ashland County Land and Water Conservation office and will cover soil health, soil testing, nutrient management, local county and NRCS support programs for farmers. The regional WNR Wildlife Damage coordinator will also give a short presentation about helping farmers with damage caused by deer, bear, geese, turkey and elk.

Questions? Contact Lissa Radke, Ashland County UW Extension, 715-682-7017 or Brian Clements, northcroftfarm@gmail.com

Wholeview Farm & Grassbelly Farmstead Pasture Walk - Richland County
2026-08-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Wholeview Farm, 11827 County Rd MM, Viola, Wisconsin, 54766, United States
Begin the night with first-generation farmers, Joe & Nikki Tyson, as they show you their sheep, goat and cattle AMP (adaptive multi-paddock) Grazing system. They will discuss their conversion of cropland to pasture, incorporation of both warm and cool season species, demonstrate their portable fencing equipment and the use of livestock guardian dogs on their farm.

For the second half of the night, we will travel a few miles north to learn from Meghan Filbert & Omar de Kok-Mercado, who are utilizing Nofence, a virtual fencing system, with goats and rams to control invasives in areas that previously did not have livestock due to the inability to fence. They will give an overview of how this new technology works and explain connectivity in the hills of the driftless.

Trower Farm Pasture Walk
2026-08-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Trower Farm, S4452 Rocky Point Road, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 53913
Pasture Weed Management: Identify common pasture weeds and discuss the impacts these weeds can have on pasture, livestock productivity and what management strategies can keep them under control.

Frost Seeding & Chill
2026-08-06 18:30 - 20:30 | High-Gem Holsteins & Normandes, N2769 Tyler Road, Neosho, Wisconsin, 53059, United States
N2769 Tyler Road Neosho, WI 53059 (Off County Road NN 1.5 miles outside Neosho)Hosted By: Dodge County Land Conservation Dept, Dodge County Extension Crops & Soils Division, and High-Gem Holsteins & NormandesTopics of Discussion:• FROST SEEDING: 1st, 2nd and 3rd year frost seeding fields for grazing• GRAZING ANIMALS ON EXISTING HAY GROUND: Utilizing hay ground for feed and for grazing• GRAZING MANAGEMENT: DIY Grazing system and good management tips• Q&A WITH GRAZERS: Want to know more about grazing? Come with your questionsFree to attend & light dinner providedPlease RSVP to the Dodge County Land Conservation DeptPhone: 920-386-3660 Email: landcons@co.dodge.wi.us

Schoepp Farms Pasture Walk
2026-08-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Schoepp Farms, N2007 E Harmon Rd., Lodi, WI, 53555, United States
Join Golden Sands for a tour of Schoepp Farms in Columbia County. Ron and his family are pioneers in implementing sustainable farming practices in Wisconsin. During this walking tour, Ron will share his expertise and firsthand experiences with custom dairy heifer grazing. This event is free and light refreshments will be provided. RSVP is not required but encouraged. Check out our carpool list and save some gas!RSVP

Elsewhere Farm Tour
2026-08-08 14:00 - 19:00 | Elsewhere Farm, 16550 Nicoletti, Herbster, Wisconsin, 54844, United States
We hope you can join the Wisconsin Agroforestry Farm Network at our field day at Elsewhere Farm in Herbster, WI on August 8th!

Clare Hintz, a full time farmer, will share how she makes a living with her biodiverse orchard and silvopasture system. The field day will feature a farm tour, a deep dive workshop on a topic chosen by participants, and a grill out featuring meat from Clare’s farm.

There are also options to camp out at the farm and/or carpool to other local farms in the Bayfield “Fruit Loop” on Sunday morning.

We have set up a spreadsheet for participants to self-organize carpooling to the event. If cost is an issue to attend, please feel free to use the discount codes on the registration page and email eleanor@savannainstitute.org to request a travel stipend.

Learn more and register here!
