Organic Dairy Pasture Walk & Soil Health Demonstration

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Event Information

Date 

August 23rd, 2017

Time 

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Cost 

Free

Contact 

Jennifer Blazek

Phone 

608-224-3717

R&G Miller & Sons, a member of Organic Valley, operates a 350-cow organic dairy with about 1200
acres of pasture and cropland.

1-2pm = Justin Morris, NRCS Regional Soil Health Specialist, will be leading a demonstration on soil
health in pastures. This hands-on demonstration will show aggregate stability and infiltration.
Using soils from different fields on the farm, Justin will run the rainfall simulator

2-3pm = A field specialist from Organic Valley will take us on a tour of the pastures to discuss pasture renovation and species selection.

Event Location

RG Miller & Sons, Inc.
1706 County Road V
Columbus, WI