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Grazefest Minnesota 2008 Schedule

Friday, August 1st
Midd-Minn Dairy

9:00 a.m. – Registration
9:30 a.m. – Grazefest Program Begins with introductions

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Concurrent Morning Sessions
Midd-Minn Dairy
9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Getting Started in Grass-based Dairies – Kent Solberg, Tim Anderson, Ron Monson & Dan Middendorf


• Low-cost / Low-labor Dairies – Ron Monson


• New Zealand style swing parlor / low-cost parlor design – Dan Middendorf

Seven Pines Dairy
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

• Selling your Carbon Credits – Dean Current


• Pastured Egg Production – Craig Schaeffer


• Pastured Egg Production – Linda Solberg

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12:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – Comments & Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Bill Hunt, NRCS State
Conservationist
1:45 p.m. – Keynote speaker Joel McNair, editor/publisher of Graze magazine
3:30 p.m. – The Economics of Pasture Irrigation with Dennis Johnson, University of
Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center, Dairy Scientist
4:30 p.m. - Adjourn to evening activities

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5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Working Dairy Parlor Tour

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England Prairie
5:00 p.m. – Evening activities begin at England Prairie. Including social time,
informal networking, exhibits and train the trainer.
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – A Grazing Feast Dinner at England Prairie
9:00 p.m. – Good-night (end of day one activities)