Calendar

July

7/20  Cover Crop Trials & Lessons Learned at Moon & Stars (5:30 - 7:30 pm, South Royalton VT)

7/22  Field Renovation & Cover Crop Seeding Workshop (5:00 - 7:00 pm, Winchester NH)

Join us for an exciting workshop at Picadilly Farm at twilight. Enjoy the setting sun over a beautiful farm landscape and learn about the benefits of cover crops, soil health, and pest management as we tour Picadilly Farm and get a close-up look at different planted cover crops! Learn more about the different types of cover crops (clover mix, perennial alfalfa, winter rye, buckwheat, etc), how they are transitioned throughout the year, the tools used for best cover crop management practices, and how different grants and other resources can support cover crops on your farm! Upon attendance, producers are eligible for a pesticide application credit, a sign-up for a 25lb bag of cover crop seed mix, and a stipend for their time! Presented by Cheshire County Conservation District, Picadilly Farm, UNH Extension, The Monadnock Food Co-Op, Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance, and Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District.  REGISTER

7/22  Native Prairie for Yield & Healthy Land, Livestock & People (10:00 am - 4:45 pm, New Haven VT)

(register by 7/20)

7/23  UVM Boarderview Research Farm Annual Crops & Soils Field Day (10:00 - 3:30, Alburgh VT)

7/23  Innovative Strategies to Restore Degraded Riparian Forested Buffers (5:30 - 7 pm, Shelburne Farms VT)

7/23 Dairying on Pasture, Haynes Dairy (5:00 - 7:00 pm, Claremont NH)

Baird Swift of Haynes Dairy tells about his methods of pasturing dairy cows.  New this year to Baird is raising a small number of goats using waste milk from his cows.

7/24  Drones at the Farm, Demonstration at Birch Meadow Farm, Pop-Up Field Day (7:30 am - 10:00 am, Fairlee, VT)

7/28  NEK Farmer Potluck (6:00 - 8:00 pm, Island Pond, VT)

7/31  Managing Soil Nutrition with Gary Zimmer (1:00 pm, Online)

7/31 - 8/3  Northern Nut Growers & Chestnut Growers of America Joint Conference (Amherst, MA)

August

8/4   Vermont Public Banking: Farm Tour & Farm Dinner (12:00 - 4:00, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Orange County & Lake Morey Resort, VT)

8/5   Vermont Public Banking: Congress & Symposium (9:00 - 4:00, 5:00 - 9:00 pm, South Royalton & East Barnard, VT)

8/4    Pizza Social at Cedar Circle Farm (5:30 - 7:30 pm, East Thetford VT)

8/12  Reading the Farm Landscape to Increase Water Resilience (West Burke VT)

8/14  Granite State Grazers Field Day: Direct Marketing at Vernon Family Farm (5:00 - 7:00 pm, Newfields NH)

8/15  Monadnock Grown Farm Tour (12:00 - 5:00 pm, NH)

8/15  Seeds & Seedfolk (2:00 - 6:00 pm, Northfield VT) 

8/17  Cover Cropping for New Farmers (Meadowstone Farm, Bethlehem NH)

8/18  Polyculture Plantings & the Forest Farm (Gemmo Forest, Keene NH)

8/24  Integrating Grazing & Tree Crops (5:30 - 7:30 pm, Salem NY)

September

9/2  Silvopasture: Joshua Green (Trees for Graziers) at Robie Farm (Piermont, NH)

9/3  Pizza Social at Sweet Rowan Farmstead (5:30 - 7:30 pm, East Albany VT)

9/8-9  The Ultimate Grazing School with Troy Bishopp (Lindley, NY)

9/21 Deep Winter Greenhouse (Winter Street Farm, Claremont NH)
9/23-24 Grazing the Heartland Bus Tour (South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota?!)

Online Series

Tri-State Dairy Exchange webinar series (monthly): 1/28, 2/25, 3/25, 4/29, May 5/27, June tbd

• In 2026, the theme is Advancing Dairy Systems Through Technology. The first quarter (first 3 months) will focus on Wearable Animal Health Monitoring Technology. 

2026 Webinar Series for Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Center Professionals

Grants and Cost-Share

August

8/1 - Farm Agronomic Practices (FAP) application due

8/13 - Dairy Processor Modernization Grant pre-application due

September

9/4 - Vermont Dairy Promotion Council project proposals due

Ongoing

VT - Farmstead BMP

VT - Pasture and Surface Water Fencing

VT - Seeding and Filter Strip

VT - CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Programs)

Help with Conference or Workshop costs

• For farmers, custom operators, and service providers: is there a conference or event (water quality-focused) that is expensive or far away?  If you would like help paying for a training like that, the VT Agency of Ag can help.  Click here for more information.  For registration fees and/or travel costs.  This is run through the FAP program (Farm Agronomic Practice).

• FACT (Food Animal Concerns Trust) can offer up to $400 to attend a conference or workshop (for registration fees).  Click here for more information.

Good Luck!