“Join us in the field this summer!”
We’re partnering with wonderful farmers, organizations, and researchers to bring you this year’s field day series. Field days will highlight innovative practices both at working organic farms and research stations. They’ll feature farmers with creative solutions that support the diversification of crops to support domestic and value-added organic grain markets. We’ll also be joined by researchers working in breeding, crop management, and soil health.
The field days in this series are designed to provide valuable information to certified organic farmers, farmers interested in exploring the transition to certified organic production, as well as farmers interested in cover crops, soil health practices, or diverse crops and markets.
Upcoming Field Days
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Organic Cereals Field Walk
June 22, 2026
Please join UW–Madison Extension’s Emerging Crops Accelerator, Seed to Kitchen Collaborative, Cereals Breeding Program, Artisan Grain Collaborative, and OGRAIN for an informal field walk to learn more about our organic trials. We will tour the field trials and breeding projects and hear the latest about variety releases and research on regional food grade grains.
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Organic Seed to Spirit Field Day
July 24, 2026
Join OGRAIN, Artisan Grain Collaborative, The Land Connection, IDEA Farm Network, Mad Agriculture, and Rodale Institute for this unique field day tailored for both farmers and distillers to learn in the field and at the distillery.
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No Till, No Spray, No Weeds & Experiences in Organic
August 6, 2026
Join us for field tours of no-till research trials. Hear results from 10 years of roller crimping and see this year’s plots. Get an update on the state of herbicide resistance and what this could mean for future weed management. See a demonstration of Greenfield Robotics’ new interrow mowing robot.
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UW Organic Research Field Day
August 18, 2026
This field day will feature tours and talks about the latest research in organic grains and forages, including methods for reducing tillage in corn and soybeans, using biocontrol agents to manage white mold in soybean, and an on-farm research project studying soil health in organic grain systems.
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Virtual Fencing: Takeaways From Year One
September 17, 2026
Please join Iowa County Uplands Watershed Group, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and OGRAIN to hear insights from the first year of virtual fence trialing at Seven Seeds Organic Farm.