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Nearly 60 farms in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin are opening their farm gates for another season of farmer-to-farmer learning.
Learn about a range of topics, from dairy grazing to poultry processing, developing infrastructure to diversifying operations, adding habitat to reducing inputs and more.
Field days are free and open to everyone.
Dan Taylor farms with his family, along with one full-time and two part-time employees, in southwest Iowa growing corn, soybeans and forage crops for their cattle. They also raise 2,400 pigs for Niman Ranch. Their cattle graze on a cereal rye cover crop in spring, made possible by their efforts to fence row-crop acres. This year, they will grow oats for oatlage, following that with millet also for summer forage. Dan values how bringing livestock onto the farm helps the local community by providing jobs on the farm and in local lockers. Join Dan and his family to learn more about how they’re integrating row crops and livestock, how they manage their cover crops and how they strive for crop diversity.
Field Crop Farmer Meet-Up
Earlville, ILField Day: Making a Livelihood With Livestock: A Whole-Farm Approach With Forage Crops and Cover Crops
Bouton, IAField Day: Equitable Land Access and Culturally Relevant Vegetable Production at Feed Iowa First’s Wanatee Farm
Marion, IAField Day: Multi-Species Cover Crops + Farmland Owner Legacy Award
Elmo, MOPractical Farmers of Iowa works to equip farmers to build resilient farms and communities. Our values include: welcoming everyone; farmers leading the exchange of experience and knowledge; curiosity, creativity, collaboration and community; resilient farms now and for future generations; and stewardship of land and resources. Our programs are guided by the interests and priorities of our members.
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Winterset, Iowa
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Exira, Iowa
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