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Small Grains Conference
2020 Small Grains Conference
March 4 – 5 | Springfield, IL
Wyndham Springfield City Centre | 700 E Adams Street Springfield, IL 62701
Thanks for joining us in historic Springfield to learn about growing small grains, cover cropping and the benefits of an extended rotation. The conference had twelve breakout sessions throughout the day including topics on integrating animals with a small grains operation, marketing small grains, the agronomy behind successfully raising small grains and more.
Check out the materials from past conferences below.
Post-Conference Materials
Presentation Slides
| Speaker | Session | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Schwinke | Profitably Selling Wheat to Milling Markets | PDF |
| Dave Bishop | Increasing Profitability on Small Grain Acres with Cover Crops and Livestock | PDF |
| Hans Stein & Molly McGhee | Experience Feeding Barley and Hybrid Rye to Pigs | PDF |
| Jennifer Blesh | Learning From Farmers: Diversifying Crop Rotations to Make Farms More Resilient | PDF |
| Jennifer Blesh | Managing Legume Cover Crops for Multiple Benefits on Farms | PDF |
| Madhav Bhatta | New and Classic Tools for Small-Grain Variety Selection | PDF |
| Jessica Rutkoski | New and Classic Tools for Small-Grain Variety Selection | PDF |
| Josh Tranel | Small Grain Silage as a Feed Source for a Dairy Farm: How to Make It Work | PDF |
| Lowell Gentry | Minimizing Nutrient Loss by Diversifying Crop Rotation | PDF |
| Randy Wilken & Doug Miller | High-Quality Cover Crop Seed Production and How to Stay on the Right Side of the Law | PDF |
| Rick Clark | Profitability of Building Soil Health: Diverse Crop Rotations, No-Till and Cover Crops | PDF |
| Becca Brattain | Calculating the Value of Small Grains in Livestock Diets | PDF |
| 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 Video
2018 Video
2017 Video
Event Questions
For questions, contact Hannah Grosspietsch at (515) 232-5661 or hannah@practicalfarmers.org