Mark your calendars for the popular annual PFI Conference!
Conference highlights include:
A Saturday keynote by Eric Lee-Mäder, the co-founder and principal at Northwest Meadowscapes. Eric will highlight success stories of conservation farming that sometimes blur the lines between nature and agriculture, and which provide us with clues to what a multi-century vision of Iowa farming could look like.
Session topics that span the agricultural spectrum, including conventional and organic field crops, soil health, pasture-based livestock, crop-livestock systems, fruit and vegetable production, precision conservation, on-farm habitat, landowner resources, farmland access, pest and weed management, farm business basics and more.
A full track of Spanish-language sessions.
An evening of storytelling by PFI farmers sharing skillfully narrated true stories.
Presentation of PFI’s 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Achievement Award.
Three optional pre-conference short courses: “Charting the Steps of Farm Succession”; “Strawberry Production in Iowa”; and “Extending the Rotation: Finding an Effective Third Crop.” All courses begin Thursday, Jan. 9 in the afternoon and end the morning of Friday, Jan. 10 before the conference starts.