Grazing Program

The goal of PFI's grazing program is to help our grazier members become more profitable, more sustainable, and better stewards of their grazing lands. We do this by organizing field days, pasture walks, workshops, PFI Annual Conference sessions, and research and demonstration projects. PFI also has four livestock scales located throughout the state for our farmers to weigh their livestock to measure performance.

Livestock Enterprise Budgeting

PFI's Livestock Enterprise Budget Fact Sheet can help you calculate anticipated profit or loss, break-even price, and return to labor and management.

Field Days and Pasture Walks

PFI members host many field days with grazing topics every year. In 2011, there were field days on improving perennial pasture, high-tensile fence building, grazing dairy cattle, and more. In addition, PFI graziers hosted pasture walks featuring high-density grazing, grass finishing beef and winter grazing.

Grazing Clusters

PFI has seven grazing clusters in different areas of Iowa, with over 100 cluster members from diverse grazing operations participating (including beef, sheep, goat and dairy producers). Initially the members of each cluster met several times a year as a small group, but at the request of many cluster members we now make all cluster events open to everyone. The clusters serve as networking groups for graziers within a geographic area.

Research & Demonstration