HYBRID RYE FIELD DAY
2021-06-15 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
FEATURING KWS HYBRID RYE AT HENNEN SEEDS, LLC.
JUNE 15, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
1:00 PM–1:30 PM: Incorporating Hybrid Rye into Your Systems, Millborn Seeds
1:30 PM–2:00 PM: Agronomics of Hybrid Rye, KWS
2:00 PM–3:00 PM: Field Tour with Ice Cream
RSVP encouraged but not required. Please RSVP by calling
Amber Kraft at Millborn Seeds: 605-697-6306
FIELD IS LOCATED AT
3248 230TH AVE.
GHENT, MN 56239
FROM GHENT:
› Head east on 320th St for 2.5 mi
› Turn north onto 230th Ave for .5 mi
FROM HWY 59:
› Head west on 320th St for 2 mi
› Turn north onto 230th Ave for .5 mi

Rice, Wolf, Heath Creek cover crop expansion meeting
2021-06-15 17:00 - 19:00
Share tile drainage/stream results. Explain cover crop expansion effort(Bridgewater Cover Crop Adoption
Project)
Location: L&M Bar & Grill, Rice County

Guiding Resilience: A Legal Workshop for Ag Service Providers
2021-06-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-06-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-07-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-07-07 14:00 - 15:00
Guiding Resilience

2021 Sustainable Agronomy Conference Virtual Event & Conservation in Action Tour
2021-06-20
July 20 & 27, August 3, 10, 17, & 24
FREE TO ALL!
*Conference registration includes access to all session recordings through October 24*
6 Two-Hour Sessions > One Per Week > Starting July 20 = 12 CEUs
The Sustainable Agronomy Conference will provide Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), Agri-Sales Professionals, and growers with the opportunity to more fully understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Learn the drivers, economics, agronomics, environmental benefits, and implementation techniques of sustainable crop production. Economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable agronomy will be considered.
This year’s Sustainable Agronomy Conference includes a four-part virtual Conservation in Action Tour by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC). Each of the four tours will include a video from the field that includes interviews with farmers, CCAs, researchers and other experts, followed by a live panel discussion/Q&A. Tune in and find out why the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour has become such a popular way to learn about conservation practices on the ground.
Unlike other sustainability or agronomy conferences that simply describe broad research findings, this conference will be action-oriented, practical, interactive, and applied with a focus on decision support and execution. You will leave the conference with information that you can confidently recommend to clients and implement in the field. Speakers, moderators, and panel participants will have a deep understanding of “why” and “how” to implement sustainable agronomy.

Northern Soil Compaction Conference
2021-06-22 09:00 - 2021-06-23 13:00
Every operation on agricultural fields has the risk to cause compaction and drag down your yields and profit. Making each pass work for you is essential for maximizing your crop productivity year after year.
Join us at the Northern Soil Compaction Conference on June 22-23, 2021, for the latest in technical advice for alleviating your current compaction, building proven strategies to minimize your risk in the future, and the benefits you can expect.
This event is co-sponsored by University of Minnesota Extension, North Dakota State University and Manitoba Ag.

Cost
The cost to attend this two-day conference is $50.
Registration
Please use the link below to register for this event.

Register online

SROC Virtual Agronomy Field Tour Tuesday, June 22
2021-06-22 10:00 - 11:00
The UMN Southern Research & Outreach Center (SROC) in Waseca will hold a Virtual Agronomy Field Tour on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to noon. This webinar will give participants a look at several current research projects at the SROC and will include a question and answer opportunities.
The webinar is free, but participants must pre-register online at z.umn.edu/SROC-Agronomy_Field_Tour. An email address is required to register, and participants can join the webinar from a computer, tablet or phone.
Research topics covered by University of Minnesota faculty and researchers at the Virtual Agronomy Field Tour include:

Early season soybean growth and development in a tough year – Seth Naeve
Corn stand establishment, growth, and development – Jeff Coulter
Strategies for managing the changing HG Types of the soybean cyst nematode – Senyu Chen
Evaluation of weed management systems in a dry spring – Tom Hoverstad
Nitrogen management on poorly drained soils – Fabian Fernandez
Do high fertilizer and commodity prices affect fertilizer rate guidelines? – Jeff Vetsch

There is no cost for this event, however donations are greatly appreciated. If you’d like to make a donation in support of research at the U of M, Southern Research & Outreach Center, Waseca: z.umn.edu/sroc-gift.
To request accommodations, contact Deanne Nelson at nelso191@umn.edu or 507-835-3620.

FARMING FOR THE FUTURE: ECOSYSTEM MARKETS
2021-06-22 11:00 - 12:30
Join the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership and organizations from Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin for a free four-part webinar series exploring new management options and financial opportunities for Midwest farmers. The series will provide farmers and their advisors with practical and straightforward information on innovative incentives.
Each webinar has been approved for 1.5 hrs CEU in Soil & Water Management.

TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND FEATURES PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FROM INPUT PROVIDERS (BAYER, CORTEVA, AND NUTRIEN)

THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH EXPLORES INNOVATIVE MARKETS AND DATA PLATFORMS AVAILABLE FROM CIBO, GRADABLE BY FARMERS BUSINESS NETWORK, AND LAND O’LAKES

TUESDAY, JULY 13TH EXAMINES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE LENS OF GRAIN BUYERS AND CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS COMPANIES WITH CARGILL, GENERAL MILLS, AND PEPSICO

THURSDAY, JULY 15TH HIGHLIGHTS WATER QUALITY MARKETS AND ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAMS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Extended Rotations With Red Clover
2021-06-22 14:00 - 14:45
Red clover might just be Ben Dwire’s favorite crop to grow. During this episode, we’ll talk with Ben about all things red clover and how this nitrogen-fixing cover crop can help other parts of his extended rotations and his livestock operation.
We’ll take a peek at the red clover he’s underseeded with his oats and discuss how he manages his cover crop together with his small-grain crop. Then we’ll hop over to the other side of the road and take a look at corn that followed last year’s red clover, where Ben is experimenting with taking nitrogen credits and cutting nitrogen by roughly 40 units.
Topics:

Establishing and managing red clover
Nitrogen credits to corn
Extended rotations
Cost-share opportunities

Ben Dwire farms near Arco, Minnesota, with his wife, Kristi, and two daughters. The Dwires grow soybeans, corn, oats, wheat and annual forages on 550 acres, and are 100% no-till and non-GMO. They have an additional 150 acres of hay and pasture where they raise cattle, pigs and chickens. Ben is chairman of the board at the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition.

Deepen Your Knowledge and Learn From Some of Today's Leading No-Till Experts
2021-06-23 - 2021-06-24
Understanding that the need for no-till knowledge is year-round and seeing the opportunity to bridge the unique learning experiences of the annual National No-Tillage Conference in-person event, No-Till Farmer is proud to launch a brand new 2-day online educational event.
The National No-Tillage Conference Summer Intensive, June 23-24, 2021, is a FREE ONLINE EVENT featuring a fast-paced lineup of no-till experts sharing field-proven ideas to help you boost yields, save time and increase profits.

SWROC Advancing Ag series: Pesticide resistance - How do you know it's happening to you? Webinar
2021-06-23 11:00 - 12:00
We continue to see issues with pesticide resistant insects, weeds, and disease and many have experienced a problem with poor pesticide performance. How can you sort out application and environmental effects from actual resistance? Researchers and Extension specialists will discuss how to avoid performance problems and how to make sure pests management strategies are effective.
IPM Specialist Bruce Potter will lead this discussion and question and answer session. Panelists include:
– Ian MacRae, UMN Professor and Extension Entomologist
– Dean Malvick, UMN Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist
– Dan Nielsen, Certified Crop Consultant
– Ken Ostlie, UMN Professor and Extension Entomologist
– Tom Peters, NDSU Associate Professor and Extension Agronom

Silvopasture and Oak Savanna Restoration Workshop
2021-06-24 08:30 - 14:30
It is estimated that there are over 600,000 acres of unmanaged woodland grazing in Minnesota. These woodlands need to be managed to protect soil, water, vegetation and tree resources. Silvopasture—the deliberate integration of trees and grazing livestock operations on the same land—may be an appropriate management option for some landowners. These systems are intensively managed for livestock, forest products and forage, providing both short and long-term income sources.
Researchers are especially interested in the use of silvopasture as a method for restoring degraded oak savanna. This workshop will give attendees a chance to see this restoration in action at Minneopa State Park. Land managers at Minneopa are using controlled burns and bison grazing to restore oak savanna.
Agenda

8:30 a.m. – Registration at Greater Mankato Business Development Center
9:00 – Silvopasture Learning Network (Theresa Keaveny, Sustainable Farming Association)
9:30 – Basics of Silvopasture (Gary Wyatt, UMN Extension)
10:00 – Farmer Silvopasture Story – Tools and Resources (Tyler Carlson, Sustainable Farming Association)
10:45 – NRCS and EQIP funds for Silvopasture (Callie Bertsch, NRCS)
11:15 – Oak Savannas History and Restoration in Minnesota (Dr. Rebecca Montgomery, UMN Department of Forest Resources)
12:00 p.m. – Lunch (box lunch provided for registered attendees)
1:15 – Reconvene at Minneopa State Park
1:30 – Managing Oak Savanna with Bison and Fire (Molly Tranel Nelson, MN DNR)
2:30 – Bison at Minneopa (Scott Kudelka, MN DNR)

Building Resiliency on the Farm
2021-06-24 12:00 - 13:00
Matthew Frana, watershed project coordinator for the Winneshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Joel Zook, energy planner for the Winneshiek County Energy District, will discuss how farmers, landowners, and local community leaders can implement practices, such as on-farm solar energy and water quality improvement projects, to build more resilient farms in northeast Iowa. Zoom information will be provided upon successful registration.

Carbon Markets For U.S. Row Crop Producers: Opportunities And Challenges
2021-06-24 12:30 - 13:30
Questions about agriculture’s potential role in carbon sequestration are on many ag producers’ minds these days. Purdue ag economists Carson Reeling, Nathanael Thompson and James Mintert will discuss the opportunities and challenges of the carbon markets in U.S. agriculture for row crop producers on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Registration is free and can be completed by submitting the form on this page. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email with a link to view the webinar live at its scheduled time. Those unable to join live can register to receive a follow-up email after the webinar to download the slides and view the recording.

Celebrate Grazing
2021-06-25 12:30 - 14:30
Land Stewardship Project &
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed!
Join us for our virtual kickoff event on
FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
All livestock farmers are highly encouraged to participate!

Since their founding in 2003, Thousand Hills has been focused on one mission: to
nourish the soil, the plants, cattle, and people by holistically grazing cattle
for their lifetime. What began as a passion to simply share the nutritional benefits of
Lifetime Grazed 100% Grass Fed Beef with more people has evolved into a full embrace
of regenerative agriculture—with its many critical
benefits to people and planet.
Thousand Hills sources cattle from “Renegade
Ranchers” across 3 regions: Northeast, Midwest, and
West. Supporting local rural economies is of highest priority, therefore they strive to
source, process and sell their products in the regions where they originate. Their
foremost goal is to convert 1,000,000 acres to regenerative grazing practices
by 2025! The Renegade Ranchers are the true super-heroes, independently making
grazing management decisions that aim for the greater environmental, economic, and
social impact in the long-term.
Register at https://landstewardshipproject.org/events/item/1642

Minnesota Soil Health Series
2021-06-30 09:00 - 14:00
For three crop years, Minnesota Office for Soil Health and SFA have been
collecting, analyzing and sharing on-farm soil health data across Minnesota
to help us better interpret and use soil health measurements. Five field days
are planned to share research, discuss soil health practices and network:
Wed., June 30 – 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Michael Larson Farm, 44680 State Hwy 220 NW, Stephen.
Presenters include Mr. Larson, SFA Senior Technical Advisor Kent Solberg and U. of Minnesota
Research Assistant Hava Blair. A rainfall simulator demonstration will be given by Kittson SWCD.
Free, lunch included. Registration appreciated but walkups welcome. Co-sponsored by Kittson
County SWCD. Register at sfa-mn.org/soil.

Soil Health Field Day - Stephen
2021-06-30 09:00 - 14:00
For three crop years, Minnesota Office for Soil Health and SFA have been collecting, analyzing and sharing on-farm soil health data across Minnesota to help us better interpret and use soil health measurements. This is the first of five field days planned to share research, discuss soil health practices and network.
Presenters include Mr. Larson, SFA Senior Technical Advisor Kent Solberg and U. of Minnesota Research Assistant Hava Blair. A rainfall simulator demonstration will be given by Kittson SWCD. Free, lunch included. Registration appreciated but walkups welcome.

Address: 44680 St. Hwy 220 NW Stephen, MN 56757
The event series is sponsored by SFA, MN Office of Soil Health (MOSH) and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). This event is co-sponsored by Kittson County SWCD.

Energy Efficiency and Agriculture
2021-06-30 09:30 - 13:30
Date and Time: Wednesday June 30, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Address: 26505 County Road 2 Staples, MN 56479
Hosts: Central Lakes College Ag and Energy Center
Register by June 23rd to secure your meal ticket.
These events are co-sponsored by Sustainable Farming Association – Central Chapter and Minnesota Farmers Union, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), and Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota (CUB).

9:30 – 10 a.m. Registration, coffee, and snacks

10 – 10:15 a.m. Fallon Ryan, Sustainable Farming Association
Michelle Medina Germán, Minnesota Farmers Union
-Welcome and Introductions
-Cory Detloff—introduction of Ag & Energy

10:15 – 11 a.m. Melissa Birch & Fritz Ebinger
U of MN Extension – RSDP – CERTS
-Solar PV basics and siting considerations
-Funding and financing options

11 – 11:15 a.m. Joe Luetmer, farmer
-Solar installation cost and payback
-Energy production and usage

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break, Vendor tour

11:30 a.m. – noon Tour of solar installation
-Solar array, inverters, and meters
-Energy efficient design of building

Noon Lunch – Compliments of Minnesota Farmers Union. Vendor announcements.

12:30 -1:30 p.m. Networking
-Indoor food pod & and legacy garden tours

This event is hosted by Central Lakes College Ag and Energy Center.
This free event is co-sponsored by Sustainable Farming Association – Central Chapter and Minnesota Farmers Union, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota (CUB), Region Five Development Commission, and Central Lakes College.

Grassroots Carbon
2021-06-30 12:00 - 12:30
Grassroots Carbon Presents: “Soil Carbon Sequestration: How Nature Captures and Stores Carbon” A free webinar featuring Blue Nest Beef’s CEO Russ Conser. June 30, 12-12:30 PM CST
Register for the webinar to learn more about:

A general overview of soil carbon storage.
Nature-based carbon capture and sequestration methods.
How regenerative agriculture can help foster and promote soil carbon capture.
How supporting grassland restoration can help companies to reduce their carbon footprint, while promoting improved water retention, climate equity, ecological diversity, and a circular economy.

Learn more about our special guest Russ Conser

Russ Conser is a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur who spent 30 years at Shell and is now a regenerative agriculture entrepreneur and scientist. Having spent the first half of his career in big oil finding and extracting dead carbon from the deep earth, he spent the second half investing in scientists and innovators developing novel energy technologies, ultimately leading Shell’s “GameChanger” program.
Russ retired from Shell in 2013 and has since been focused on the science and business of putting living carbon back into the shallow Earth by working to scale up proven regenerative agriculture practices.

2021 Barley U
2021-07-01 13:00 - 17:00
Join us and learn about what is happening in barley research at the U

About this event

Come join us and learn about what is happening in barley research at the U. We will also include a sneak preview of the new hop yard on campus. This event will allow you to hear from UM barley scientists, see research plots, participate in hands on activities. All followed by delicious barley (and other) refreshments and a chance to socialize.
Parking and Tour Map
Free parking is available along Gortner Avenue just south of Larpenteur. Look for the Barley Sign. The walking tour starts at the registration tent near the parking area and covers less than a mile along gravel roads and grass alleys between sites.
Barley U 2021 Site Map

Hybrid rye production and use in swine rations
2021-07-02 12:15 - 13:15
Hybrid rye yields much higher than and has lower incidence of fusarium head blight than open-pollinated (OP) cereal rye varieties. For both organic and conventional farmers with livestock, hybrid rye can play an important role in the rotation and in rations.
Jude Becker pasture raises farrow-to-finish, organic hogs on his sixth-generation family farm, Becker Lane Organic, near Dyersville, Iowa. He has been raising hybrid rye for swine rations for four years. On this shared learning call, Jude will share key differences in management between raising hybrid rye and OP rye, comparative financials of hybrid rye and OP rye, and the impact of rye on sow and growing pig performance.
To join dial (605) 313-5784 and enter passcode [REDACTED]# when prompted.

Hybrid Rye
2021-07-06 13:30 - 16:30
Have you explored strategies to diversify your crop rotation while lowering feed costs without sacrificing feed quality?
Hybrid Rye may be a good fit for your operation.
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Join us at the 2021 South Dakota State University Beresford Research Farm field day to view variety trials of several types of cereal and hybrid rye. The Dakotas Best team as well as experts from KWS Seed, the developer of Hybrid Rye, will be ready to answer all your questions about rye.

Variety trials of oats, corn as well as nitrogen application trials will also be featured.

We encourage you to consider the benefits of hybrid rye:

Higher Yields – Hybrid Rye has shown yields that dominate cereal ryes, with an

average of 41% higher grain yields in regional trials compared to typical cereal rye.

Increase Corn and Soybean Yields – Crop rotation with rye has shown +10 bu/ ac

boosts in yield for corn following rye and +2 bu/ ac increase for soybeans following rye.

Less Water Needs – Requires 25% LESS WATER than any other cereals.
Soil Health – Improves soil health by reducing erosion and nutrient leaching.
Risk & Workload Management – diversifies risk compared to planting only spring

crops and allows management of more acres with similar labor

Check out this article from Progressive Forage on “The Possibilities of Hybrid Rye”

Field Day – July 6 2021, starting at 1:30 PM
Location: 29974 University Road
Beresford, SD 57004

Cant make it but have questions about Hybrid Rye? Call Mae with Dakotas Best Seed at (605) 682-0006

Kernza® Field Day: A-Frame Farm
2021-07-08 13:00 - 16:30
Tour of Kernza® production and introduction of the Perennial Promise Growers Co-op.

About this event

As the first commercially available perennial grain crop in the US, Kernza® perennial grain has the potential to change agriculture landscapes by providing valuable ecosystem services and new economic opportunities. Carmen Fernholz of A-Frame Farm, has been growing Kernza since 2011. A-Frame Farm manager, Luke Peterson, started growing and marketing Kernza in 2018, and now manages 30+ acres of the UMN variety, MN-Clearwater.
This field tour is an opportunity for growers, processors, businesses, and others to learn more about Kernza® and its environmental benefits and economic opportunities.
In 2020, Carmen, Luke, and Kernza growers across Minnesota formed a co-op called Perennial Promise Growers Co-op (PPGC). Carmen, Luke, and others from PPGC will share the vision for the co-op and how they are working with industry and researchers to grow, market, and champion Kernza.
The Field Day tour will also include water erosion demonstrations from the Lac qui Parle Soil and Water Conservation District and a soil pit that will showcase the impressive Kernza root system. Food companies and culinary professionals will share how they are using Kernza and UMN researchers will be on-hand to answer questions about breeding, agronomics and economics.
We recommend wearing durable shoes or boots to walk through the field. This is a rain or shine event, so please dress accordingly.
Light refreshments that include Kernza will be served. A social hour will follow the tour, plan to stay for conversation and connection!
This event is free but registration is required.
About UMN Forever Green Initiative (FGI) and The Land Institute: University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative has been engaged in research and development of this ground-breaking crop for several years in partnership with The Land Institute (Kansas), where the grain was first developed. The UMN and Land Institute research team includes ecologists, breeders, agronomists and food scientists working on everything from increasing seed size and yields to field trials and commercial opportunities.
A portion of this field day is supported by AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project (SAS-CAP) grant no. 2020-68012-31934 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

2021 Kernza® Field Days - Madison, MN
2021-07-08 13:00 - 16:30
Growers Co-op.

About this event

As the first commercially available perennial grain crop in the US, Kernza® perennial grain has the potential to change agriculture landscapes by providing valuable ecosystem services and new economic opportunities. Carmen Fernholz of A-Frame Farm, has been growing Kernza since 2011. A-Frame Farm manager, Luke Peterson, started growing and marketing Kernza in 2018, and now manages 30+ acres of the UMN variety, MN-Clearwater.
This field tour is an opportunity for growers, processors, businesses, and others to learn more about Kernza® and its environmental benefits and economic opportunities.
In 2020, Carmen, Luke, and Kernza growers across Minnesota formed a co-op called Perennial Promise Growers Co-op (PPGC). Carmen, Luke, and others from PPGC will share the vision for the co-op and how they are working with industry and researchers to grow, market, and champion Kernza.
The Field Day tour will also include water erosion demonstrations from the Lac qui Parle Soil and Water Conservation District and a soil pit that will showcase the impressive Kernza root system. Food companies and culinary professionals will share how they are using Kernza and UMN researchers will be on-hand to answer questions about breeding, agronomics and economics.
We recommend wearing durable shoes or boots to walk through the field. This is a rain or shine event, so please dress accordingly.
Light refreshments that include Kernza will be served. A social hour will follow the tour, plan to stay for conversation and connection!
This event is free but registration is required.
About UMN Forever Green Initiative (FGI) and The Land Institute: University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative has been engaged in research and development of this ground-breaking crop for several years in partnership with The Land Institute (Kansas), where the grain was first developed. The UMN and Land Institute research team includes ecologists, breeders, agronomists and food scientists working on everything from increasing seed size and yields to field trials and commercial opportunities.
A portion of this field day is supported by AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project (SAS-CAP) grant no. 2020-68012-31934 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Cider apple field day July 9
2021-07-09 13:00 - 16:00
For those interested in growing cider apples, making hard cider and/or selling apples to cideries, we have a field day coming up on Friday, July 9 from 1-4pm at Milk & Honey Ciders. It will be a fun time, and cider sampling will be included. We’re touring the orchard to compare performance of 12 English varieties on 2 rootstocks, then sampling ciders made from ~10 individual UMN varieties. This is also an opportunity to network with cider makers about what they’re looking for and how to sell to cideries.

Register at: https://forms.gle/mKJcKpYmtdqdUu7j7

Even if you can’t come right at the beginning, we will be there for 3 hours with signs next to each variety/roostock combo, so if you miss the beginning you can still look around and get in on the sampling.

Northern MN small grain plot tours - Fergus Falls
2021-07-12 09:00 - 11:00
The Small Grain Summer Plot Tours provide farmers and crop consultants with the tools to make small grain production successful and profitable. University of Minnesota Extension small grain specialists and educators will present information on:

Production agronomics
Variety selection
Pest identification and management
Fungicide use

These programs are interactive with hands-on demonstrations of genetics, pests and growth stages. They feature tours of current research plots as well as discussions of on-farm experiences. Feel free to bring any field samples for diagnosis or discussion!
For information on plot tours at other locations, visit Small grain summer plot tours.

Cost
There is no cost to attend the plot tour.
Registration
Pre-registration is not required.

Contact
Jared Goplen, University of Minnesota Extension crops educator
gople007@umn.edu
Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota Extension small grains agronomist
wiers002@umn.edu

2021 Summer Tour
2021-07-13 06:00 - 18:00
ROCK NOBLES 2021 SUMMER TOUR

July 13, 2021

Headquarters: Worthington Hockey Association Ice Arena, Worthington, MN
Registration:
$20 before June 1, 2021
$40 after June 1, 2021
Student registration is FREE
Tour Schedule:
6:00 A.M. Registration in the hockey arena at the Nobles County Fairgrounds, Worthington
7:00 A.M. First tour bus leaves
11:30 A.M. Noon meal begins at New Vision Coop in Magnolia, MN
5:15 P.M. Steak supper serving begins

Tour Stops:

R&R THIER: Outdoor, bedded, and slatted barns

DAVE MENTE: Cow/Calf, rotational grazing, local seedstock display
BRAD VANDEBERG: Slatted barn, receiving barn/working facility
G&A FARMS & BOEVE’S: Outdoor lots, Pivot irrigation, dewatering
SUMMIT LAKE LIVESTOCK: Converted slat facilities
BRAKE FEEDYARDS: Multi-generational feedlot operation
3B FARMS: Multi-generational slatted barn feedlot operation
BINFORD FEEDLOTS: Bedded barns, slatted barns, commodity and working facilities

Northern MN small grain plot tours - Oklee
2021-07-13 09:00 - 11:00
