Young farmers coming back to a family operation often have to tease out a place for themselves with hard work, creativity and an entrepreneurial zeal. For Trent Stout, that meant taking on the family seed business and migrating it from being a local corn and soybean dealer to be the go-to source for diverse cover […]
Carrying the Torch: A New Generation Advances the Cause
State: Wisconsin
What’s So Amazing about Grazing?
Maybe it seems crazy to some row crop farmers to add livestock into their field rotation. But for Michael Vittetoe, the benefits of adding cattle to his Iowa farm have been plentiful. Hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora talk with Michael about how livestock integration adds carbon back into the ground, helps to keep soil […]
Producer-led Webinar: Fall and Winter Grazing Techniques
This webinar features a discussion between Serge Koenig from Sauk County Land Resources and Environment and farmer Roman Miller from Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group (SSWIG) about bale grazing and stockpiling forage as part of a managed grazing operation. Roman operates a 230-acre grass-fed beef operation near Rock Springs in Southwestern Wisconsin. Through talking […]
Working Lands for Clean Water – Plum Pride Holsteins
This project features bringing animals back to the landscape to restore vulnerable acres that have contributed sediment and nutrients to the Fox River and bay of Green Bay. This project serves as a template as to what is possible in preventing stream bank erosion by using rotational grazing.
Grazing Cover Crops in Wisconsin
In 2019 one of our watershed farmers successfully interseeded cover crops into silage corn. After they chopped the corn, they then were able to graze more than 60 beef cattle on 32a in the late fall for 2 weeks (it could have been longer but heavy rains caused less than ideal field conditions and they […]
Highland Spring Farm- Grazing Public Land
Anna Dawley and Kevin Opperman from Highland Spring Farm put out cattle on public land for the first time in 2021. Hear about their perspective on working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the potential of grazing to control invasive brush species.
Shade structures and rotational grazing, is it worth the cost?
We discuss rotational grazing with Scott Amera and hear his perspective on their shade structure and changing your perspective on pasture appearance.
What’s in this field? Grass planting profitability
In this video you will meet Joe Bragger, who farms dairy, poultry, and crops near the Buffalo Trempealeau County line. Joe has recently identified areas of his cropland that were losing more money than making it. He looked at alternative crops and decided to implement grass strips on these marginal producing acres and increased his […]
No-till, 60 in corn and grazing covers
Join us LIVE from the field with Kelby Lechleitner and Matt Oehmichen. Kelby is a farmer and member of the Eau Pleine Partnership for Integrated Conservation Producer-Led Group. He has experimented with interseeding covers into 60″ corn as well as 30/60″ coupled test plots. This fall he is grazing the cover crops with his beef […]
Cover Crops & Soil Health Practices are Profitable!
Are you interested in the economics of cover crops & soil health? Come along as we talk with Rick Clark, who shares some highlights of focusing on Yield & ROI and how cover crops do really pay! Rick has been farming regeneratively for several years and operates 6,000 acres in Indiana & Illinois. He’s planting […]