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2022 Small Grains Conference
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2022 small grains conference! Attendees had a chance to learn in breakout sessions that included topics on manure management, making winter wheat work, grazing summer cover crops and more. It was all capped with a plenary address from Kansas farmer Gail Fuller. We hope you all had a blast and had the chance to learn a few things and catch up with old friends. See you all next year!
Check out the 2022 conference page
Presentation Slides (2019-2020)
| 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 |