Webinar Archive

This webinar, featuring Dr. Kris Nichols, focuses on cover crops and grazing as ways to stimulate carbon flow to soil biology, and how using these practices can build resilience to weather, pest and disease issues, and increase overall profitability.

This webinar, a collaboration between the Pasture Project and Delta Institute, digs into the report “The State of Grass-Fed Value Chains in Illinois” and discuss our continuing work to advance grass-fed value chains in the state.

This webinar discusses common myths about grazing cover crops. Meghan Filbert of PFI presents information from recent grazing cover crop field trials and the experiences of farmers using the practice.

In this webinar will feature three presenters who work with grass-fed producers to help ensure the quality of their practices and resulting product achieves profitable market recognition.

Running a successful grass-fed production process is only possible and sustainable on the long-term when appropriate and efficient logistics are in place. In this webinar, presenters will share decades of experience moving cattle from pasture to processing to the plate.

In this webinar, Meghan Filbert, Livestock Program Manager at Practice Farmers of Iowa (PFI), will introduce the best management principles and practices for maximizing the economic value of cover crops.

In this webinar, Kent Solberg, Livestock and Grazing Specialist with the Sustainable Farming Association, will share field-tested best practices for successfully integrating cover crops and adaptive grazing, including species selection, cover crop establishment, forage chain integration, temporary infrastructure, lease options, and more.

In this webinar, industry experts will share the fundamentals of contract grazing and how it can most effectively be applied, including contract arrangements, negotiation strategies and conservation planning.

In this webinar, Kent Solberg, Grazing and Livestock Specialist with the Sustainable Farming Association, will share how beginning and established graziers can incorporate diverse annual, perennial, and stored forage options into their grazing plans throughout the year.

This webinar’s expert presenters will share which whole farm grazing plans are appropriate to develop and the process needed to ensure they are both comprehensive and achievable. The webinar will also cover how these plans can be used to improve financial planning and access to capital.