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.
Questions about the Small Grains Conference? Contact Alisha Bower by calling our office at (515) 232-5661.