Small Grains Conference
The two-day conference began Thursday, Aug. 15, and featured twelve breakout sessions on topics ranging from integrating animals into a small-grains operation to marketing small grains to breweries, rebuilding the small-grains economy in the Midwest, the agronomy behind successfully raising small grains and more.
Practical Farmers is expanding its work to several states throughout the Midwest, including Wisconsin, due to a Conservation Innovation Grant awarded by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2016. The grant funds programming to help farmers add small grains and green-manure legume cover crops to their farming systems.
2019 Small Grains Conference PDF Presentations
Download slides from this sortable, searchable table.
| Speaker | Session | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Jackson | Can we sequester carbon in agricultural soils? | PDF Video |
| Randy Jackson | How does diversifying crop rotations affect profit, land, air, and water? | PDF |
| Sara Fletcher & Alisha Bower | Rebuilding the Small Grains Economy in the Midwest | PDF |
| Graham Adsit | What's winter farming all about? Small Grains Production and Marketing | PDF |
| Molly McGhee | The Value of Hybrid Rye for Livestock | PDF Video |
| Gene Schriefer | Filling in the Forage Gap | PDF |
| Carl Duley | Bringing Malting Barley Back to Western Wisconsin | PDF |
| Julie Grossman | Growing your own nitrogen through cover crops | PDF |
| John Wepking | Market Development and Grain Handling for Artisan Grain Products | PDF |
| Dan Meyer | Benefits of Managing Manure on a Dairy and Grain Farm | PDF |
| Dr. Pete Lammers | Evaluating Oat Varieties for Feed | PDF |
| Andy Walsh | Production of Small Grains for Seed Markets | PDF |
| Valentin D. Picasso | Kernza – A perennial grain and forage crop with multiple uses | PDF |
| John and Halee Wepking | Bringing the Next Generation to the Farm with Small Grains | PDF Video |
| Dorothy & John Priske | Kernza – A perennial grain and forage crop with multiple uses | PDF |
| Dr. Becca Stokes | Hybrid Rye for Forage | PDF Video |
2019 Small Grains Conference Video
Watch the playlist of the two keynote presentations and other select 2019 small grains conference sessions:
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- Market Development and Grain Handling for Artisan Grain Products – John Wepking
- The Value of Hybrid Rye for Livestock – Dr. Becca Stokes & Molly McGhee
- Bringing the Next Generation to the Farm With Small Grains – John and Halee Wepking and Paul Bickford
- Can we Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils? – Randy Jackson
- Production of Small Grains for Seed Markets – Panel
Questions about the Small Grains Conference? Contact Alisha Bower by calling our office at (515) 232-5661.