WI Field Day Registration for Match Made in Heaven: Livestock + Crops 
Livestock integration with cropping systems is a way to achieve soil health goals, diversify farm income streams, and can also offer an on-ramp for bringing a new generation to a farm operation. Come to a field day at Schoepp Farms LLC near Lodi, Wisconsin to see a custom dairy heifer grazing operation that puts conservation goals front and center! Schoepp Farms Case Study

  • Custom grazing dairy heifers year-round

  • Grazing crop residue & cover crops in a corn/soy/wheat rotation

  • Preventing soil/nutrient loss on a lakeside farm

Farmers, farm educators, state and federal agency staff, crop and livestock and other organization staff are all very welcome. Attendees at the Wisconsin Dairy Expo are invited!

Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024

Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm at the Schoepp home farm: N2007 East Harmon Rd,  Lodi, WI 53555
  • 9:30 am: Gather & Registration
  • 10:00 am: Pasture & Farm Walk
  • --- Custom raising dairy heifers
  • --- Cover crops after wheat 
  • --- Annual crops after cattle grazing
  • --- Ron’s experience green planting into rye
  • --- Livestock infrastructure in grazing systems
  • --- Discussion of resiliency if things don’t go as planned
  • 12:00 pm:  Lunch catered for first 50 registrants 
  • 12:30 pm:  Match Made in Heaven project outcomes
  • 12:45 pm:  Farmer panel discussion on integration
  • 1:30 pm:  Travel to Sauk Pasture, ~ 20 minutes
  • 2:00-3:00 pm:  Sauk Pasture Walk


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