11:00 AM Registration Opens

12:00 PM Boxed Lunch - must purchase ticket in advance

12:30 PM Welcome: Dr. Peter Ballerstedt, “Call for a Ruminant Revolution”1:30 PM Break - Network

Breakouts Sponsor Track

2:30 - 3:30 PM Plan Before You FenceSpeakers:Brian PillsburyJacob Grace

Breeding and Genetics for Grass Based Production SystemsSpeaker:Brad Heins

Watching Your Bottom Line in Trying Times: Money Saving Practices When Margins are Thin Panelists:Dairy Graziers

3:30 PM Break - Visit tradeshow and enjoy a snack.4:00 - 5:00 PM How to Take a Corn

Field and Make it an Unstoppable/Productive Pasture Speakers:Jon LuhmannFrancis Thicke

Weather and Climate and how it affects grass quality and product qualitySpeaker:Wayne Coblentz

How to Start a Grass Based Business - Business Models, How to Start, Key Pieces to Take AwaySpeaker:Paul Dietmann

Grazing to Benefit Wildlife, Birds, Grasslands and PrairiesSpeaker:Dave Sample, DNR

5:00 PM Social6:00 PM Banquet - must purchase a ticket7:00 PM Jasmine Dillon, Carbon, Climate and the Role of Grazing in an Insecure Future8:00 PM Jam Session

7:00 AM Registration Opens

8:00 AM Fred Provenza, “How Palates Link Herbivores with Landscapes, Human Food Selection, Nutrition and Health”

9:30 AM Tradeshow Time, Morning Treats and More

Breakouts Sponsor Track

10:30 - 11:30 AM The Zen of Pastures, Animals and MarriageSpeaker:Mary Falk

Grazing for Quality Fats in Dairy and Meats: Understanding Grass Dry MatterSpeaker: Greg Brickner

The Spice of Life: Let Food Be Thy MedicineSpeaker:Fred Provenza

11:30 AM Lunch and Annual Meeting1:00 - 2:00 PM Telling your story in snippets,

briefs and more. How to know the best parts of your farm and relay that quickly to the customer.Speaker:TBD

How to Grow More Grass and Establish a Thicker Sward - Improving Those Pastures We Already Have.Speakers:Francis ThickeGene Schriefer

What Price Do We Pay When We Ignore Transgenerational Linkages to Landscapes?Speaker:Fred Provenza

Grazing Public Lands Speakers:Josh Martinez andLesa Kardash from the DNR, Chris Troesen with USFWS along with Carlos Tenneson, Carl Flaig and Dave Keikhoffer

2:00 PM Break 2:30 - 3:30 PM Going Deeper with Carbon

Speaker:Jasmine Dillon

Ten Considerations For Farm SuccessionSpeaker:Joy Kirkpatrick

From Bobolink to Bumblebees: Fostering Wildlife On the Grazing FarmSpeakers:Laura JudgeThelma Heidel Baker

Tips for Finishing Cattle in the Upper Midwest Including Winter ChallengesSpeaker:Rod Ofte

3:30 PM Fencing Competitions 4:00 - 5:00 PM Beyond Carbon: The Other

CyclesSpeaker:Jasmine Dillon

Dung Beetle Ecology: Life in Wisconsin PasturesSpeakers:Nadine KriskaKerry Katovich

Question the SodfatherSpeaker:Peter Ballerstedt

Grasslands 2.0 Call to Action - Transforming Livestock Agriculture from Grain to GrassSpeaker:Randy Jackson

5:00 PM Social6:00 PM Dinner - must purchase a ticket7:00 PM Awards and MOTH (Musings On The Herd)7:30 PM Graze Network Groups Compete to be the All Time Grazinaire

7:00 AM Registration Opens

8:00 AM General Session: Fred Provenza, “Mending Broken Links Among Soil, Plants, Herbivores, and Humans”

Breakouts Sponsor Track

10:00-11:00 AM Pastured Pork NutritionSpeaker:Natasha Paris

Sheep Dairy Value AddedSpeakers:Mary Falk

Is Grassfed Meat and Dairy Better for Human and Environmental Health?Speaker:Fred Provenza

Safe and Effective Grounding of Cattle Waterers and Electric Fences Speaker:Graham Casselius,Alliant Energy

11:00 AM Break11:15 AM Silvopasture Discussion

Panelists:Diane Mayerfeld, Mike Miles, Don Austin, Steve Rosenow

Livestock Compass: A Spreadsheet Tool to Help Livestock Producers Exam-ine Cost of Production and Manage for Profit Speakers:John Hendrickson Jim Munsch

How to Poison a Rat, a Cow, or a HumanSpeaker:Fred Provenza

12:30 PM Lunch with Peter Ballestedt, “News You Can Use to Defend Your Farm” - must purchase a meal ticket I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream

Conference Rates (Does NOT include meals)

By 1/2/20

After 1/2/20 Number Total

Full Conference $140 $170Two Day Pass $100 $130Friday Only $95 $120Thursday OR Saturday Only(Please circle which one you will attend) $50 $65

First Time Attendee/Student Full conference ONLY $90 $115

Children: 10 and Under FREEYouth: 11 - 17 Years Old $50 $75

Thursday Boxed Lunch $20 $25Thursday Dinner $25 $30Friday Lunch $20 $25Friday Dinner $25 $30Saturday Lunch $20 $25Grassworks Membership $50

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