The Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition’s Northern Grazing School will be held at the Greg Thoren Farm. Greg is the 2026 recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award for Illinois.

Schuette Signature Beef provides the perfect backdrop for the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition’s Grazing School. We’ll spend the day discussing Evan’s regenerative and holistic cattle operation.

Be creative as you plan a successful regenerative grazing system using adaptive practices. The contest includes a short quiz on your understanding of adaptive grazing practices. Then, apply what you’ve learned by mapping out a grazing system, including forage maintenance, pasture design, and grazing rotation schedules.

The Cluster Cluck 5000 is back in action. Join us to see updates to our mobile livestock barn designed for easier use, hear what we learned in 2025, and meet the 2026 animals.

We’ve gathered all the help you need to run a successful forage and livestock operation together in one room. This year’s Institute will focus on high-quality educational sessions and producer engagement, bringing together an expected 100 to 150 farmers, landowners, and industry professionals from across the state.

Join us for a free pasture walk at Gary Weiman's dairy operation near Quincy — a chance to see how one Illinois producer is combining cover crop grazing with traditional perennial pasture to keep dairy cattle on grass as much of the year as possible.

Virtual fence technology is generating a lot of interest among Illinois graziers, and John Nerganah is putting it to use on his cow-calf operation.

Join us for a free educational pasture walk at a 110-cow organic dairy operation in northern Illinois. See rotational grazing in action and learn from a fellow Illinois producer!

What does a cropland-to-pasture conversion on a diversified farm look like after three years? Join us for a free pasture walk at Hartzell Kaeb's operation in Cissna Park for your chance to see it in action.

More than 600 years of combined forage and grazing experience will gather in Clare on March 19 for the 2026 Great Lakes Forage & Grazing Conference

An all-star lineup explores the benefits of regenerative grazing practices for producers and soil, including forage development, bale grazing, livestock nutritional needs, and pasture management.

Get updates from the Dudley Smith Research Farm, including cattle production and profitability, cattle market outlook, and soil health.

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.

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.

As the solar grazing world continues to evolve, cattle are becoming an increasingly important part of the conversation, offering new opportunities for land use on solar sites.

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.

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.

Agrivoltaics, or agriculture production underneath solar panels, involves the use of land for both solar energy production and livestock grazing or crop production.

When you nurture your pastures, you enhance animal health and reduce costs. That’s the lesson you’ll learn at the Fresh Pasture Farms Pasture Walk from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9.

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.

This program is designed for producers and agricultural professionals to learn the newest fencing methods and sound fencing construction through a combination of classroom and hands-on learning.

This program is designed for producers and agricultural professionals to learn the newest fencing methods and sound fencing construction through a combination of classroom and hands-on learning.