Events
Grazing School: Iuka, IL
Schuette Signature Beef provides the perfect backdrop for the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition’s Grazing School. We’ll spend the day discussing Evan’s regenerative and holistic cattle operation.
Grazing School: Stockton, IL
The Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition’s Northern Grazing School will be held at the Greg Thoren Farm. Greg is the 2026 recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award for Illinois.
Build a Regenerative Grazing System Contest
Be creative as you plan a successful regenerative grazing system using adaptive practices. The contest includes a short quiz on your understanding of adaptive grazing practices. Then, apply what you’ve learned by mapping out a grazing system, including forage maintenance, pasture design, and grazing rotation schedules.
Heart of America Grazing Conference 2026
The Heart of America Grazing Conference comes to Illinois on July 15–16 in Effingham. This annual conference brings together graziers from across the Midwest for two days of speakers, farm tours, and practical learning focused on improving regenerative grazing systems.
Dairy Grazing Pasture Walk: Quincy
See how one Illinois producer is combining cover crop grazing with traditional perennial pasture to keep dairy cattle on grass as much of the year as possible.
Virtual Fence Pasture Walk
Virtual fence technology is generating a lot of interest among Illinois graziers. The walk will cover how the system works day-to-day, what it takes to get cattle trained to the collars, and how virtual fencing compares to conventional temporary fence for managing rotations.
Cropland Grazing Pasture Walk
What does a cropland-to-pasture conversion on a diversified farm look like after three years?
Grow and Graze: Producing High-Value Forage Webinar
Growing quality forage is the foundation of animal health and productivity. This webinar will feature Harry Cope of Cope Grass Farm and we'll discuss what separates high-quality forage from average pasture and how to establish a rotational grazing strategy to improve forage production.