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SUMMARY:Flame Weeding Green Beans Field Tour
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to learn more about using organic weed management techniques\, scaling up production\, and managing soil health? SDSU Extension and Koeppe Family Fields will host a free Flame Weeding Green Beans Field Tour on Tuesday\, August 5\, 2025\, from 2:30-4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\nKoeppe Family Fields\n45572 109th St\nSisseton\, SD 57262 \n\n\nContact\nKristine Lang\, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist \n\n\n\n\nThis on-farm event will include a walking tour of the green bean production field and equipment demonstrations. Attendees will learn from Daren and Holly Koeppe\, owners of Koeppe Family Fields. Kristine Lang\, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist\, will assist in facilitating the tour and sharing SDSU resources. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share ideas with each other. \n\n\nDo you want to learn more about using organic weed management techniques\, scaling up production\, and managing soil health? SDSU Extension and Koeppe Family Fields will host a free Flame Weeding Green Beans Field Tour on Tuesday\, August 5\, 2025\, from 2:30-4:00 p.m. \nRegistration and more information can be found on the SDSU website.
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/flame-weeding-green-beans-field-tour/
LOCATION:Koeppe Family Fields\, 45572 109th St\, Sisseton\, SD\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ag Partner Event,Summer Field Day
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 50 years organic - Johnson Family Farm Field Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 50 years!  Join us for the 2025 Johnson Family Farm Field Day in Madison SD. While this is an annual event and a staple in the NPSAS line-up of field days\, it is also a great celebration this year. Come and congratulate the Johnson Family and their rich history in organic agriculture. It is one of the longest standing certified organic farms in the state\, if not the longest. Fifty years of soil fertility\, innovation\, trial and error\, hard work\, team work\, and family is a well-deserved recognition.  \nRegistration will begin at 8:30 am and concludes with a lunch at 1 pm. \n \nSchedule\n8:30 am –  Coffee\, registration and welcome\n9:00 am – Round table discussion with Johnson family\n10:00 am –  Johnson Farms Field Tour & Stops (no bus)\n12:00 pm – Return to The Prairie\, noon lunch \nPlease RSVP Below or  contact: \nIf you can’t make it or have questions\, you can reach out to Charlie at 605-270-2665 or Aaron at 605-695-0847 or e-mail: cjorganic81@gmail.com.\nLocation – St. Peter on the Prairie\, 24311 452nd Ave\, Madison\, SD
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/2025-johnson-family-farm-field-day/
LOCATION:St. Peter on the Prairie\, Madison\, SD
CATEGORIES:Summer Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T080000
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SUMMARY:August NPSAS Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The NPSAS Board of Directors will meet via zoom starting at 8:00 am\, usually on the 3rd Thursday of the month with a goal to last one hour or less\, but not more than two. If you have ideas or suggestions that you think would benefit the member of this organization or items you’d like the board to discuss send an email to the NPSAS Director or send a message\, text\, or call a board member. \nIf you’re interested in serving on the NPSAS board\, let us know or submit this NPSAS board member application. Elections are in January of each year and there are three positions open each January at the annual meeting held at the NPSAS Food and Farming Conference. 
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/august-npsas-board-meeting/
LOCATION:SD
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SUMMARY:Pathways To Organic Beef Carl Poss Ranch Philip SD
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging and practical field day focused on transitioning to organic beef production\, featuring Carl Poss\, an experienced cattleman managing the family ranch who is exploring transitioning the family’s organic beef calves to USDA organic certification\, and Dr. Angela Jackson\, a regenerative organic farmer who developed a branded meat program selling to local retailers. \nThis event will highlight certification challenges to management\, feed sourcing\, recordkeeping\, and navigating the complex organic beef market. Carl will share the steps his operation plans to take\, and why he is transitioning\, while Angela will discuss the unique barriers and breakthroughs in building a branded organic beef product from scratch. \nPat Guptill a rancher and former board member of the SD Grasslands Coalition from Quinn\, S.D. will talk about raising his cattle without pesticides or herbicides on pastures and join the pasture walk to share his experiences. Additionally\, Krysti Mikkonen\, executive director for NPSAS will share the Mikkonen Organic family farm journey to raising\, certifying\, and selling organic beef online and the bumps along the way.  \nWhether you are already certified or considering the transition\, this field day offers honest insights\, peer-to-peer learning\, and helpful resources for producers looking to get into organic livestock production. \nThis is a USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program Event (TOPP) \nREGISTER HERE\nNote: Do not use Google maps to find the ranch. It will take you on impassible roads. \nFollow I-90. Take exit 143 for SD-73 N toward Philip. Turn south and go under the overpass to the service road and make a right heading west. Go approximately 7 miles and turn right on Fairview Road northbound and proceed for about 6 miles\, cross over a bridge\, then take an immediate left at the fork in the road to follow the road (Triangle Ranch is straight ahead\, that’s wrong). Go Eastbound for three to four miles until you see the Poss Ranch sign and take the driveway to the South.  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/pathways-organic-beef-carl-poss/
LOCATION:Carl Poss Ranch
CATEGORIES:NPSAS Partner Event,Summer Field Day
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SUMMARY:Organic Academy Road Show - Tappen\, ND
DESCRIPTION:The Information is in the Data \nFIELD DAY & TRAINING: Join Fellow Farmers for a great field day and conversation in Tappen\, ND at the Kevin and Sara Falk Farm. Learn how valuable data can be tracked and used to make some of the best decisions you’ll make for your operation.  Included with field day\, there’s a great training for those farmers who are new to or interested in transitioning land to organic farming and/or ranching practices. Throughout the day we’ll share organic strategies\, equipment\, organic standards\, marketing\, and more.  \n9:00 am – 10:00 am Registration \n10:00 – 12:30 Noon – Falk Farm Tour & Farmer Q & A \n12:30 to – 1:30 pm – Lunch \n1:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Getting Started and Building a Resilient System \n2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – The economics and markets for your organic products\n – Grain & Specialty Crops\n– Livestock   \n2:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Panel Govt. organic programs\n – NRCS & USDA Organic Programs\n– Insurance \n3:00 – 3:15 Break \n3:15 pm – 3:40 pm – What research tells us and how we can help\n\n3:40 pm – 4:30 pm: Soil Health\, Crop Rotation\, Equipment\, Working with an organic consultant\, Q&A\, small group discussion\, survey plenary \n4:30 am – Debrief with participants \nIf August 28th works better or you’d like to attend both days\, feel free to join us in Wessington\, SD\, at Rocking Z Acres.  \nCall with questions or sign up today. \n\n\n                \n                        \n                            Dakota Organic Academy Road Show 2025\n                            The day will begin with registration from 9:00 - 10:00 am and conclude at approximately 4:30 pm. Rolls & coffee will be provided as well as lunch. \n                        \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        Email(Required)\n                            \n                        Cell phone # (in case circumstances change on the day of the event)Do you have any questions you would like to ask our speakers?Are you a farmer interested in learning more about transitioning to organic farming?(Required)I am a farmer interested in new technology.I am already a certified organic organic farm.I am a farmer interested in more information on transitioning to organic farming.I am not a farmer\, I just think ag tech is cool.How did you hear about this event?Social MediaAdvertisementWord of MouthOtherWant to keep up-to-date with our latest news and announcements? Yes please!Which Dakota OARS & Field Day Event will you be attending\n								\n								Tappen\, ND on the 27th Field Day Only\n							\n								\n								Tappen\, ND on the 27th Field Day + Organic Transition Training\n							\n								\n								Wessington\, SD Sept. 9th Field Day Only\n							\n								\n								Wessington\, SD Sept. 9th Field Day + Organic Transition Training
URL:https://www.npsas.org/event/organic-academy-road-show-tappen-nd/
LOCATION:Kevin and Sara Falk Farm\, 3674 42nd Str. SE\, tappen\, ND\, 58587\, United States
CATEGORIES:NPSAS,Summer Field Day,TOPP Event
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