Northwest Wisconsin Graziers

Annual Winter 2025 Conference

March 1 2025 — Shell Lake Community Center — USHWY 63, 200 West Lake Drive

8:00    Registration, Refreshments by Mike&Barb, & Trade Show  

8:30    Welcome . . . . . . . . .  Otto Wiegand, Professor Emeritus, UW - Madison Extension

8:40    Rotational Grazing Benefit for Forage and Wildlife, Adam Abel, NRCS State Grazing Spec.

9:30    Livestock Health – Holistic Animal Health, Dr Sarah Slaby, DVM, Arcadia,WI

10:20 Break . . . . . . . Networking, Refreshments by Mike&Barb, and Trade Show

10:40 “My Version of Adaptive Grazing”, Panel; Shawn B., Cheyenne C., Leslie S., Adam W.

11:40    Introduction of Exhibitors and 2025 Pasture Walk Hosts . . . . . . Networking

12:00   Lunch Break . . . Fiddlehead Kitchen Caterer, GF beef donated by Sawyer Creek Cattle Co

1:00   Economics of Bale Grazing, Jason Cavadini, UW-Madison Ext. State Outreach Specialist

2:00     Break . . . . . . . Networking, Refreshments by Mike&Barb, and Trade Show

2:30    Starting Silvo Pasture using Goats, Targeted Grazing,`Netting or Virtual fence.  Panel; Heather Campbell, Dave Engen, Leslie Svacina

3:30    Conference Wrap-Up, Evaluations, Door Prizes