FREE EVENT- LUNCH INCLUDED
Farming for the Future offers an opportunity for farmers and ag professionals to come together to learn and discuss how conservation practices on farmland can improve productivity, profit, and our natural resources.

Creating Optimism & Profit on the Farm Featuring Keynote Speaker Jeremy Sweeten,“Understanding Ag”

Register Online at https://tinyurl.com/FFF2025

Breakout Sessions:

Grain:

• Slugs in High Residue Systems
• John Tooker, Penn State University
• Managing Low Profitability Zones on the Farm
• Jason Stegink, Wide Angle Agriculture
• Farmer Perspective: Profitable Conservation Marc Hasenick, Hasenick Farms

Perennial:

• Managing Invasives on Your Farm and Forest Abbie Bristol, VBCD
• Regenerative Agfor Specialty CropsJeremy Sweeten, Understanding Ag
• Converting Unproductive Ground into Pollinator Habitat Brook Wilke, KBS LTAR

Livestock:

• Grass -FinishingLivestock Jeremy Sweeten,
• Understanding Ag
• Diversified Markets & Sheep RotationalGrazing
• Kalli & Matt Hensley, Hoddinott Acres Farms
• Starting from Scratch: A Grass-Fed BeefJourney Bob and Rob Egly, Egly Land and cattle

9:00 am – 3:00 pm, March 12, 2025, Register online: Vanburencd.org/FFF-2025
Questions?  Call 269-657-4030 x3093