No-Till, No Problem: From 60-Inch Corn to Full-Season Forage

Join us for a hands-on, full-circle look at how thoughtful integration of cropping and grazing systems can beat the summer slump, build soil health, and stretch your grazing season further than ever.
We’ll start the day under the tent for a morning session exploring the “why” behind regenerative practices—cover cropping, no-till strategies, livestock integration, and managing year-round soil cover. After lunch, we’ll head into the field for a walking tour and hay wagon ride at Brady Gross's farm, where we’ll see these principles in action.

A special feature of this event: SFA consultants Doug Voss and Jonathan Kilpatrick will be leading this event and doing live, on-farm coaching with Brady during the tour. Brady Gross, a former SFA consulting client, is opening up his operation to serve as a classroom for other farmers and a real-time example of what it’s like to work with SFA’s technical assistance team. Attendees will get to observe how consultants approach site-specific decision-making, problem-solving, and planning—providing a valuable learning opportunity for anyone considering consulting support on their own farm. Click here to learn about SFA's On-Farm Consulting Program.

Topics include:
Winter Bale Grazing Strategies
Cover Crops & Livestock: Integration That Works
60-Inch Corn Rows & Interseeding Techniques
No-Till Cropping: Beans no-tilled into old hay ground, corn planted green into cereal rye
Brix Readings & Soil Temperature: Tools for Forage Quality Monitoring
Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing to Extend the Season
Pasture tour by hay wagon (weather permitting)

Expect a day of shared ideas, practical takeaways, and open dialogue. Whether you’re focused on cows, crops, or both—this event will offer a systems-thinking approach to managing your land for resilience, profitability, and soil health.

We’ll keep the agenda flexible so we can adapt to the weather—field tour in the morning if it's hot, classroom in the afternoon under the tent, or vice versa. Morning coffee & donuts + catered lunch provided.
Tents, shade, and seating will be available.

Registration: This event is free to attend. Advance registration requested, walkups welcome.

This event is held in partnership with the Beltrami Soil & Water Conservation District.

SFA staff and volunteers occasionally take photos during our workshops, cafe chats and field days for promotional purposes and to use as documentation of events to share with our funders.  If you do not wish to be photographed, please let our event host know -- we'll make every effort to make sure you are not photographed.