"Thanks to the scholarship provided by the Wisconsin Farmers Union I was able to attend the Grassworks Grazing Conference at the Chula Vista in the WI Dells. I had a great time catching up with old acquaintances and meeting new ones. The Grassworks folks put together a great line up of educators who imparted knowledge with both research and experience. As a farmer I came away with some exciting ideas for the future of my farm. Since losing our organic milk contract with Westby last year I have been wondering which direction to take our operation. Attending this conference helped to expose me to some more non-traditional ideas in producing livestock. Being an organic dairyman in a place so isolated so as not to be able to get on another organic truck, I found Chaz Self's talk on raw milk in WI particularly interesting.    

Overall I can say that there was a little something for every grazier there no matter what species, or size operation. The format of offering 40 minute lectures followed by questions, small group consulting, and lightning talks was great and catered to the learning needs of all who went no matter what their attention span. Plus, the food was great!"