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11:00 AM Registration Opens
12:00 PM Boxed Lunch - must purchase ticket in advance
12:30 PM Welcome: Dr. Peter Ballerstedt, “Call for a Ruminant Revolution”1:30 PM Break - Network
Breakouts Sponsor Track
2:30 - 3:30 PM Plan Before You FenceSpeakers:Brian PillsburyJacob Grace
Breeding and Genetics for Grass Based Production SystemsSpeaker:Brad Heins
Watching Your Bottom Line in Trying Times: Money Saving Practices When Margins are Thin Panelists:Dairy Graziers
3:30 PM Break - Visit tradeshow and enjoy a snack.4:00 - 5:00 PM How to Take a Corn
Field and Make it an Unstoppable/Productive Pasture Speakers:Jon LuhmannFrancis Thicke
Weather and Climate and how it affects grass quality and product qualitySpeaker:Wayne Coblentz
How to Start a Grass Based Business - Business Models, How to Start, Key Pieces to Take AwaySpeaker:Paul Dietmann
Grazing to Benefit Wildlife, Birds, Grasslands and PrairiesSpeaker:Dave Sample, DNR
5:00 PM Social6:00 PM Banquet - must purchase a ticket7:00 PM Jasmine Dillon, Carbon, Climate and the Role of Grazing in an Insecure Future8:00 PM Jam Session
7:00 AM Registration Opens
8:00 AM Fred Provenza, “How Palates Link Herbivores with Landscapes, Human Food Selection, Nutrition and Health”
9:30 AM Tradeshow Time, Morning Treats and More
Breakouts Sponsor Track
10:30 - 11:30 AM The Zen of Pastures, Animals and MarriageSpeaker:Mary Falk
Grazing for Quality Fats in Dairy and Meats: Understanding Grass Dry MatterSpeaker: Greg Brickner
The Spice of Life: Let Food Be Thy MedicineSpeaker:Fred Provenza
11:30 AM Lunch and Annual Meeting1:00 - 2:00 PM Telling your story in snippets,
briefs and more. How to know the best parts of your farm and relay that quickly to the customer.Speaker:TBD
How to Grow More Grass and Establish a Thicker Sward - Improving Those Pastures We Already Have.Speakers:Francis ThickeGene Schriefer
What Price Do We Pay When We Ignore Transgenerational Linkages to Landscapes?Speaker:Fred Provenza
Grazing Public Lands Speakers:Josh Martinez andLesa Kardash from the DNR, Chris Troesen with USFWS along with Carlos Tenneson, Carl Flaig and Dave Keikhoffer
2:00 PM Break 2:30 - 3:30 PM Going Deeper with Carbon
Speaker:Jasmine Dillon
Ten Considerations For Farm SuccessionSpeaker:Joy Kirkpatrick
From Bobolink to Bumblebees: Fostering Wildlife On the Grazing FarmSpeakers:Laura JudgeThelma Heidel Baker
Tips for Finishing Cattle in the Upper Midwest Including Winter ChallengesSpeaker:Rod Ofte
3:30 PM Fencing Competitions 4:00 - 5:00 PM Beyond Carbon: The Other
CyclesSpeaker:Jasmine Dillon
Dung Beetle Ecology: Life in Wisconsin PasturesSpeakers:Nadine KriskaKerry Katovich
Question the SodfatherSpeaker:Peter Ballerstedt
Grasslands 2.0 Call to Action - Transforming Livestock Agriculture from Grain to GrassSpeaker:Randy Jackson
5:00 PM Social6:00 PM Dinner - must purchase a ticket7:00 PM Awards and MOTH (Musings On The Herd)7:30 PM Graze Network Groups Compete to be the All Time Grazinaire
7:00 AM Registration Opens
8:00 AM General Session: Fred Provenza, “Mending Broken Links Among Soil, Plants, Herbivores, and Humans”
Breakouts Sponsor Track
10:00-11:00 AM Pastured Pork NutritionSpeaker:Natasha Paris
Sheep Dairy Value AddedSpeakers:Mary Falk
Is Grassfed Meat and Dairy Better for Human and Environmental Health?Speaker:Fred Provenza
Safe and Effective Grounding of Cattle Waterers and Electric Fences Speaker:Graham Casselius,Alliant Energy
11:00 AM Break11:15 AM Silvopasture Discussion
Panelists:Diane Mayerfeld, Mike Miles, Don Austin, Steve Rosenow
Livestock Compass: A Spreadsheet Tool to Help Livestock Producers Exam-ine Cost of Production and Manage for Profit Speakers:John Hendrickson Jim Munsch
How to Poison a Rat, a Cow, or a HumanSpeaker:Fred Provenza
12:30 PM Lunch with Peter Ballestedt, “News You Can Use to Defend Your Farm” - must purchase a meal ticket I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream
Conference Rates (Does NOT include meals)
By 1/2/20
After 1/2/20 Number Total
Full Conference $140 $170Two Day Pass $100 $130Friday Only $95 $120Thursday OR Saturday Only(Please circle which one you will attend) $50 $65
First Time Attendee/Student Full conference ONLY $90 $115
Children: 10 and Under FREEYouth: 11 - 17 Years Old $50 $75
Thursday Boxed Lunch $20 $25Thursday Dinner $25 $30Friday Lunch $20 $25Friday Dinner $25 $30Saturday Lunch $20 $25Grassworks Membership $50
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