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Daviess Co. S.W.C.D.

Daviess Co. SWCD

2526 E National Hwy.

Washington, IN 47501

Questions Call (812) 254-4780 Ext 3

Daviess County SWCD

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“Grazing Management—important to large

and small family farms”

MARCH 6, 2019

8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. (E.S.T.)

Registration opens at 7:30

West Gate Academy

13598 E Westgate Drive

County Road 1650 N

Odon, Indiana 47562

Pre-Registration Fee: $35 per person Must Be Postmarked by February 15

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Registration $45 per person Must Be Postmarked by February 28

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All ticket sales on or after March 1st 2019 &

Walkin’s are $50 per person

Online Registration: https://sigc18.eventbrite.com

* Additional Fees Apply

Includes: Refreshments & Lunch

*No Refunds after February 15, 2019

SOUTHERN

INDIANA

GRAZING

CONFERENCE

Lodging - Meeting Location Map

Gasthof Village Inn on the north side of Montgomery on CR 650 E includes a complimentary breakfast. Reservations can be made by calling 812-486-2600. Baymont Inn, 7 Cumberland Drive, Washington, IN 812-254-7000 Holiday-Inn Express, Business 50, Washington, IN 812-254-6666 Other locations are available upon request.

Southern Indiana Grazing Conference Location Map

Natural Resources Conservation Service –Helping People Help the Land

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

Agenda Event Speakers

Peter and his wife

Maureen started their

farm in order to put

principles of ecological

restoration into practice,

to provide nourishing food for their family and

community, and build a healthy home for their family.

They farm on 220 acres in the Driftless area of Southwest

Wisconsin. Peter brings his ecological background to his farming practice. He spent a decade at UW-Madison, teaching courses in ecology and complex systems theory,

and researching the history and functioning of Midwestern ecosystems. He realized the critical role that animals play in the creation and maintenance of functional eco-

systems. He also realized that in order to achieve broad scale ecological restoration, it must be an economically viable pursuit.

Therefore he became determined to work with livestock toward ecological regeneration, and Mastodon Valley Farm was born. Now he spends his days observing and

interacting with an increasing diversity of plants and animals working in concert towards the abundant production of food, medicine, fiber, lumber, and energy. Peter con-

tinues to teach through his on-farm courses and consults with other landowners interested in implementing regenerative techniques on their own sites. He has three dogs

that are vital to their farm and family, protecting livestock from predators, helping return the goats when they escape, and are always ready to run and play.

March 6, 2019

WestGate Academy, ODON, INDIANA

7:30 a.m. – Registration – Rolls, juice, coffee & milk

8:30 a.m. – Welcome & Introductions

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. – GREG JUDY

“Using Managed Grazing to Restore Soil Fertility”

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. – BREAK and NETWORKING

10:30 – 11:45 a.m. – PETER ALLEN

“Regenerative Systems & Savanna Ecosystems”

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – LUNCH

12:45 – 1:45 p.m.– GREG JUDY

“Getting the Most Out of the Land You Control”

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. – BREAK

2:15 – 3:30 p.m. – DARBY SIMPSON

“Effectively Marketing your Farm Products”

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Last questions for speakers

Darby

Simpson

Livestock Farmer,

Dad, Husband,

Ford Truck Driver

Living on his family’s seventh generation farm in

Morgan County, Indiana, Darby began his own

farming enterprise in 2007 after reading “Pastured

Poultry Profits” by Joel Salatin. Over the past 10

years he’s grown the operation that he started with

less than $1,000 to one that produces 3,000 broilers,

125 turkeys, 60 hogs, and 12 beef per year.

The farm now financially supports Darby and his

wife Brandy, along with their two young boys, Ethan

and Zach.

Darby has transitioned himself from a successful

mechanical engineer into a full time farmer and en-

joys the many benefits that come with being self

sufficient in one’s livelihood. His success shows it

is possible to build a business from scratch with little or no knowledge of what Joel Salatin affectionately

calls “lunatic farming”.

Peter Allen

Greg and Jan Judy of Clark,

Missouri run a grazing oper-

ation on 1620 acres of leased and owned land.

Greg and Jan went from near bankruptcy in 1999

to paying off a 200 acre farm and house in 3 years

with custom grazing on leased land and are com-

pletely debt free. They own 4 farms and lease 12

farms. They graze cattle, hair sheep, pastured pigs

and pastured laying hens.

Greg wrote a book in 2001, entitled “NO RISK

RANCHING, Custom Grazing On Leased

Land”, which details the methods they used to

build their operation from scratch. In 2008 Greg

wrote a second book “COMEBACK FARMS, Re-

juvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Live-

stock Grazing Management”. Greg’s second

book covers all the methods they use with Holistic

High Density Grazing, multi-species grazing, grass

finishing animals, eliminating costly inputs.

Greg gives talks and teaches all over the US, New

Zealand, Germany, England & Canada teaching

the benefits of Holistic High Density Planned

Grazing, leasing land, multi-species grazing, cus-

tom grazing, agroforestry and wildlife manage-

ment. The Judy’s hold an annual grazing school at

their farm teaching the principles of HHDG. Greg

quit his off farm job in 2009 and is now a full time

rancher.

The Judy’s website is: greenpasturesfarm.net.

Greg Judy

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There will also be a Meet & Greet the

evening before the Conference

(additional fee required). The Meet &

Greet includes a homestyle Amish meal

and an opportunity to talk to our SIGC

speakers one-on-one. The Meet &

Greet will be held at the Gasthof Amish

Restaurant in Montgomery Indiana on

March 5th, 2019, 6 to 8 p.m. (EST).

You must have a paid conference regis-

tration to attend. Seats are limited