Our Grow and Graze webinars connect producers to peers and experts who have implemented successful grazing strategies.

The conference, Grazing for Profit: Optimizing Returns in Grass-Based Operations, features Jim Gerrish, Dr. Greg Halich, Dr. Chris Teutsch, Dr. Ray Smith, Cody Rakes, Dr. Ricardo Riberio, and local producers.

Join us for a small group workshop led by Jim Gerrish examining factors impacting profitability and outlining cost-effective solutions for increasing net return in ruminant livestock operations.

The conference, Grazing for Profit: Optimizing Returns in Grass-Based Operations, features Jim Gerrish, Dr. Greg Halich, Dr. Chris Teutsch, Dr. Ray Smith, Cody Rakes, Dr. Ricardo Riberio, and local producers.

Pasture Nutrient Management: Join us for a discussion on pasture fertility management and how virtual fencing might be a tool for improved nutrient distribution. 

Grow and Graze is designed to connect producers to peers and experts who have successfully implemented grazing strategies. We’re creating a space where producers can share what’s working in their grazing systems and help one another make more informed, profitable decisions.

David Dedert farms with his father, Dean, raising corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle and sheep near Quincy, Illinois. Part of their operation includes being farm operators at Twin Mill Farm, a 90-acre family farm that has been in the Mittelberg family for over 100 years.

Thinking about expanding your livestock operation? Curious about the benefits of adding sheep or goats to your grazing system? Join the National Grazing Lands Coalition for an insightful webinar, Adding Small Ruminants to Your Operation.

Intensive Grazing on Perennial Systems: During this session we will talk about the opportunity for virtual fencing in perennial pastures. Learn about intensive grazing management techniques in relation to forage availability. 

Join us for a FREE Pasture Walk at Corbin Steiner’s farm in Tremont to learn about dairy grazing, cover crops grazing, and more.

Enhance forage-livestock operations sustainability and resilience against extreme weather conditions.

Enhance forage-livestock operations sustainability and resilience against extreme weather conditions.

Enhance forage-livestock operations sustainability and resilience against extreme weather conditions.

Save the date for the 2025 Illinois Forage Beef Expo. This year’s event will be held in Stephenson County in Northwest Illinois.

Time to check your preparedness and aftermath strategies to enhance the resilience of your forage and livestock systems to extreme weather events.

Join us for a FREE Pasture Walk to see a cow-calf grazing operation that incorporates annual forages and winter feeding to improve soil health.

Learn to improve your rotational grazing system as you walk the Leo Arnold Farm. Observe the farm’s permanent fences, solar chargers, and more.

Livestock management practices impact your profit, your soil, and your water. An all-star lineup will include researchers from University of Illinois College of ACES and Illinois Extension.

Learn what other Illinois growers and graziers are doing on their farms to improve their livestock grazing operations. The quarterly online chats will be heavy on conversation, light on slides, so you can listen in wherever you are: in the pasture, in the truck, or home.

Join us for the 2025 spring beginning grazing school, covering topics from plant identification, rotational grazing, soils, and more!

This year’s Northwestern Illinois Forage and Grassland Council Winter Tour includes visits to these Wisconsin businesses: Quality Liquid Feeds, Vortex Optics, and Midwestern Bio Ag. Register by Feb. 4.