Integrate pasture grazing into your farming operation and come up with practical strategies for managing your land that increase profits and improve soil health.

The Jo Daviess County Soil & Water Health Coalition is hosting a 2-day program featuring Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures Ranching, a regenerative livestock farm near Alberta, Canada. Kenyon brings real-world experience from managing more than 3,000 acres of farmland.

The program is free and supported by the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition and other sponsors.

Topics

• Peopling the Business

• Water & Fencing Systems

• Economics of Grazing

• Grazing Principles & GRASS

• Grazing Cells & Designs

• Winter Management

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RVSP by February, 28 2026. Register for one or both days.

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Agenda

Friday Morning March 6, 2026

• 8 to 9: Light Breakfast & Registration

• 9 to 9:30: Welcome &Introductions

• 9:30 to 10: Peopling The Business

• 10:15 to Noon: Economics-Gross Margin Analysis

  Afternoon

• Noon: Lunch

• 1 to 2:30: Five Grazing Principles

• 2:45 to 5: Five Grazing Concepts: GRASS

Saturday Morning March 7, 2026

• 8:30 to 9: Light Breakfast & Registration

• 9 to 10: Cell Design

• 10:15 to Noon Grazing Chart

  Afternoon

• Noon to 1: Lunch

• 1 to 2:30: Pasture Plan

• 2:45 to 4:30: Winter Grazing

• 4:30 to 4:45: Conclusion & Final Thoughts