2026 Pasture Walks

2026 Sauk County Pasture Walks

Join us around the county for a pasture walk! Any person who has a qualifying disability that requires the program materials of this on-farm event to be in an accessible location or format should contact Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department (608) 355-3245 8:00am - 4:30pm and at least 1 week in advance of the event so that reasonable arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

May 2 9am-11am

Six Sons Farm (Dale Gasser and Judy Fossen)

E7415 Spring Drive, Sauk City WI

Bird Conservation and Rotational Grazing: Learn how grazing management can impact bird conservation. Explore and identify birds around the farm, look at spring pasture management, and discuss management decisions that promote grassland bird habitat.

June 24 6-8pm

Rolling Hills Stock Farm (Gene Schriefer)

2409 County Road Y, Dodgeville WI

Managing Native Warm Season Pasture: See how Gene’s grazing management system has benefited from warm season grass pastures over the years. Compare establishment and management of these forages with more common introduced, cool-season grass pastures and what benefits they bring to a grazing system.

July 1 6-8pm

Pelton Cattle Company (Pelton Family)
S2131 County RD H, Reedsburg WI

Running a Stocker Enterprise: Learn how the Peltons have structured their stocker cattle enterprise and built a grazing management system to accommodate a larger herd size.

August 5 6-8 pm

Trower Farm

S4452 Rocky Point Road, Baraboo WI

Pasture Weed Management: Identify common pasture weeds and discuss the impacts these weeds can have on pasture, livestock productivity and what management strategies can keep them under control.

September 9 5-7pm

Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm (Bula Family)

S4473 Scenic Road, Baraboo WI

Multi-Species Grazing Systems: Take a look at what approaches the Bula Farm has taken to manage multiple species and classes of livestock on the same operation. We’ll discuss grass-finishing, infrastructure and the management required to stack multiple enterprises on the same pasture.

October 7 5-7pm

Hutter Farm

E3505 East Harris Rd, La Valle

Custom Grazing Cattle: Want to explore how you can start grazing without owning any cattle? Join us at the Hutter farm to see how custom grazing and which management strategies have worked for their operation.