10:00 am Registration & Coffee

10:30 am Welcome & Opening Remarks

Congressman Mike Gallagher, Jamie Patton -Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, and Todd Brennan –Alliance for the Great Lakes

11:00 am Farmer Panel - Using 2019’s Cropping Successes to Plan for 2020 and Beyond

Panelists: Pat Kane –Kane Farms & Ben Franz –Country Visions Cooperative, Aaron Augustian–AugustianFarms LLC & Nick Guilette -Ebert Enterprises LLC

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Promoting Soil Health and Farmer Champions - Experiences from On-Farm Demonstrations

On-farm demonstrations provide insight into the successful design, implementation, and management of innovative soil health promoting practices. For more than five years, farmer-led watershed groups, farm demonstration networks and farmer champions have provided the knowledge and leadership needed to change eastern Wisconsin’s farming practices for the better. Tony Peirick, chair of the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil - Healthy Waters and co-owner of T&R Dairy, LLC, and Barry Bubolz, NRCS Area GLRI Coordinator, will discuss the history and successes of our local farmer-led groups.

2:00 pm Breakout Sessions:

1. Enhancing Manure Management - Application Options & Technologies
2. Successful Crops Start with Successful Planting - No-Till Planter Set-Up
3. Rebuilding Resilient Soils

4:00 pm Event Concludes/Happy Hour begins