Space is limited.
Breakout sessions will take participants streamside at each farm to discuss the challenges of managing a unique ecological situation as well as herd health, streambank stabilization, water quality, and erosion. Other breakout sessions will address the finances of grazing and pasture management with an emphasis on recovery and weed control. Participants will be able to attend each session, and are encouraged to bring questions. Opitz is a grazier in southwest Wisconsin who has been featured in National Geographic magazine as well as in farm publications such as New Farm magazine and Stockman Grass Farmer. A veteran grazier, Opitz's 2000-head dairy is among the largest in Wisconsin.