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UPCOMING EVENTS
Creative Farmland Access Through Self-Directed IRAs With land access being one of the top challenges across the U.S., farmers need creative ideas to access affordable, secure, and long-term land arrangements. Retirement investors have the potential to help! With the help of Mary Gelder (investor) and Wyatt Muse (organic farmer), we’ll explore a creative investment tool that allows you to generate retirement income while also making land available to farmers.
UIUC 2024 Organic Systems Trial Field Day Join the IDEA Farm Network and UIUC for this organic field day! This event will focus on roots, soil organic matter management, soil structure, and farmer on-farm experiences.
IFN Organic Field Walk Join the IDEA Farm Network for this organic field walk! McDonald Farms operates as a certified organic grain farm, employing a four-year crop rotation and cover crops to enhance soil fertility.
Twilight Tailgate with the Trees Come hang out with us and Savanna Institute at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. Savanna Institute staff will give tours of the site, which features . . . BYOB encouraged, friends welcome. Erica Peters, the Central Illinois FarmLink Navigator, will be available at the […]
Cover Crop Conversations at Hoffman Organic Farm Join us, OGRAIN, Paul Hoffman, and IDEA Farm Network at Hoffman Organic Farm. We’ll focus on Paul’s organic field crops, but this family farm has much more to offer including organic vegetables and grass-fed lamb and beef. Our cover crop conversations will include frost seeded red clover post wheat harvest and cash cover cropping for […]
2025 Organic Grain Conference 2025 Organic Grain Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for February 5-6, 2025 at the i-Hotel in Champaign, IL. Event details coming soon. Call for proposals is open now through July 15th!
2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day Purdue University's MEIGS Horticultural Research Farm in Lafeyette, Indiana will be the host site for the 2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day (MMWCFD). MMWCFD connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades for a single day event that draws farmers from all over the Midwest.
Organic Grain Mentorship The purpose of the mentorship program is to support seasoned conventional farmers (folks with many years of conventional row crop experience) as they transition portions of their acreage into organic production. The goal is to connect those farmers with other experienced farmers who have previously transitioned some of their land into organic practices who can act as mentors and support for farmers so they don't need to go on this journey alone.
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FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM SPONSORS
The Land Connection would like to thank the amazing companies and organizations that have sponsored our farmer training events this year. We would not be able to offer the quality programming that we do without their support.
SOIL BUILDERS
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HARVESTERS
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