Featured Event
2025 Illinois Forage Expo
- New equipment from various manufacturers will be on display and demonstrated during the daylong event.
- Factory representatives and local dealers will be on hand to answer questions about the equipment.
- Field demonstration of hay equipment will include mowing, tedding, raking, baling, silage chopping, and bale wrapping.
- Commercial displays of forage related products and equipment will be found in the vendor’s tent.
- Educational presentations will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Our hosts are Donald Brown and Eric Stiegler and the day is sponsored by the Illinois Forage and Grassland Council and the Northwest Illinois Forage.
- Register to become an exhibitor by July 10.
- Register as a field demonstrator by July 10
For more information: Don Brown Jr. 815-238-8372.
No Pre-Registration Needed
Show up and enjoy the day.
2025 Quality Hay & Haylage Contest
Enter your 2025 harvested hay and haylage bales during the Forage Expo July 30.
- Entries in the Quality Hay & Haylage Contest must be delivered on site from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
- There is no entry fee and NIRS analysis will be provided free of charge.
- Bales weighing over 100 pounds need an official scale weigh ticket.
- Four hay classes and one haylage class will be available and class winners will receive a certificate.
- Producers are limited to one entry per class.
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Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers: Installation and Troubleshooting
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4 PM
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XX International Silage Conference
All day
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2025 Illinois Forage Expo
8:30 AM
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4 PM
9776 IL Rt. 75E, Davis, IL
7/30/25
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