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Training Recordings

This library contains some of our favorite useful webinar recordings from a variety agriculture organizations.


Marketing and Buissness

The Three Secrets to Increasing Profit.

Presented by the Intertribal Agriculture Council

With Dallas Mount the owner/CEO of Ranch Management Consultants

Watch here.

Basic Business Organization and Succession Planning

From the Intertribal Agriculture Council

with Jim Wabindato and IAC's Dan Cornelius Legal services.

Watch Here.

Get Good at Grazing 

Grazing Management Economic Leverage to Improve your Business

From the Intertribal Agriculture Council

with Dallas Mount the Owner/CEO of Ranch Management Consultants

Watch Here.

Grassroots Marketing Adapting to a New Reality

Presented by the Intertribal Agriculture Council

with Taylor Gazda of GAZDA The Brand- full service marketing for agriculture businesses.

Watch here.

Pivoting Business and Marketing Strategies - Direct Farm Experience

From the Intertribal Agriculture Council

with Brandy Button of Ramona Farms, Simon Martinez of Bow & Arrow, Chris Gates of Seka Hills

Watch here.

Scaling Up Pastured Livestock Production,

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust

September 23, 2020

Learn  about what it would take to scale up pastured meat production on your operation. Presenter Franklin Egan, PhD, Director of Education with Pasa Sustainable Agriculture, will share lessons learned that will help farmers to improve their yields and bottom line. Watch Webinar or Download Slides

Direct Marketing Meat: The Logistics of Meat Processing, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust

December 11, 2018

Join Rebecca Thistlethwaite of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network to discusses how to get your animals processed into sellable meat for different market channels, including how to prepare your animals for slaughter and the various regulations involved. Watch Recording or  

Download slides

Farm Loans: How and When to Use Debt  to Finance Your Farm Business,

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust

December 2, 2021. Growing a food  and farm business often requires taking on debt. The right loans can help,  but it is important to know when and where to seek funding, and which  lending opportunities best suit your purpose. Learn about how to decide  whether debt financing is the right tool for you, and how to get approved. Watch recording or Download  Slide

Facebook Groups - You Secret Weapon for Customer Care, Loyalty and Profits,

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust

December 14, 2021. Explore how a Facebook group can foster community, trust, creativity, and deeper relationships. You’ll learn strategies to get people talking, sharing ideas, and ultimately grow your customer into super-buyers. Watch Recording or Download Slides

Record Keeping Goals and Processes for Farmers — A Playlist

Presented By:  The National Center for Appropriate Technology 

In this video series, Julia Shanks, a food systems consultant, provides an overview of recordkeeping goals and processes farmers and ranchers can use to meet them.

Please note: this playlist is focused on learning how to use Quickbooks.

Part 1. Overview of Record Keeping Goals and Processes 

Part 2. Getting Started in Quickbooks 

Part 3. Getting Started in Quickbooks 

USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Resources

From the Intertribal Agriculture Council.

IAC hosts SD United States Department of Agriculture staff to explore resources and tools available to beginning Farmers and Ranchers.

Watch Here.


Pasture Health

Grazing for Resilience - Bouncing Forward from Catastrophic Events,

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - January 26, 2022. This webinar will delve into grazing management strategies that will help insulate your operation from catastrophes like drought, flood, and fire. Learn how to build resilient soils, plants and businesses by using your most powerful tool: the ability to plan, observe and adapt to whatever nature dishes out. Watch Recording | Download Slides | Download Resource

Water Management for Pasture Grazing Systems, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - March 22, 2021. In this webinar, discover approaches to assessing the water in your pastures and methods to divert, slow, spread, and sink water into the soil. Learn when ditches, ponds, swales, and other methods are appropriate. Our presenter is Steve Gabriel, farmer and author of SILVOPASTURE. Watch Recording   

Grazing to Avoid Trouble, January 26, 2021. Join FACT and NCAT Livestock Specialist and sheep and goat producer Linda Coffey to discuss some of the problems farmers might encounter while grazing their livestock. Bloat, toxic plants, fescue toxicity, predator control, and parasite management will be addressed in this hour, with time for questions. > Watch Recording or Download Slides

Pasture Biodiversity for Animal Health, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - January 21, 2021. In this webinar, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Kara Kroeger will discuss how you can manage your pastures with regenerative methods to beneficially influence the health of your livestock and the ecosystem by fostering biodiversity both above and below ground. > Watch Recording or Download Slides

Pasture Management for Limited Resource Farmers  

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - January 12, 20201. This webinar gives small, limited resource farmers the tools they need to better understand the benefits of good pasture management. Our guest presenter is Felicia Bell, agriculture specialist with NCAT/ATTRA in Jackson, Mississippi. Watch Recording or Download Slides

Pasture Management with Sarah Flack - Soil and Plants  

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust -  February 4, 2020. Join FACT and grazing expert Sarah Flack for part 1 of a 3 part series on pasture management strategies.

Watch Recording (part 1),     

Watch Recording (part 2),  

Watch Recording (part 3)

Weed Management & Identification, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust -  October 23, 2019. Dr. Mark Renz, Professor and Extension Weed Specialist at the University of Wisconsin, will discuss approaches livestock producers can take to manage weeds in their pastures. Dr. Renz will focus much of the webinar on weed identification, highlighting resources available to help with identification and even assist with identification of specific weeds. Watch Recording or Download Slides 

Natural Resources Regenerative Agriculture Practices

From the Intertribal Agriculture Council.

Presented by Del Ficke of Ficke Cattle Company.

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NCAT-Intensive Grazing: One Farm’s Set Up serise

Dave Scott, a livestock specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology and co-owner of Montana Highland Lamb near Whitehall, Montana, discusses the operation’s intensive grazing set-up.

Ch. 1 Intro 

Ch. 2. Sizing Your Paddocks

Ch. 3. Fencing

Ch. 4. Stock Water System

Ch. 5. Observing Animal Health

Ch. 6. Monitoring What You Leave Behind

Ch. 7. Trampled Grass and Soil Fertility

Ch. 8


Heard Managment

Grazing Cover Crops, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust -  April 9, 2019. Cover crops have value as livestock feed – but how much value? On-farm research shows that cover crops can offset the cost of winter feed and put money back into farmer’s pockets. Meghan Filbert, livestock program manager at Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), will share best management practices to maximize the economic value of cover crops. Watch Recording or Download Slides

Fencing: Getting it Right, 

Presented by: (FACT) Food Animal Concerns Trust - May 20, 2015. Fencing expert Randy Culter discusses the ins and outs of fencing for livestock: planning, placement, and practicality of making fences. Learn about fence types, mental and physical barriers, resources, costs, and preparation and see how to use various fencing materials. Watch Recording or Download Slides



USDA and FSA Programs

FSA Stakeholder Webinar: USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

Tuesday, Jan 4, 2022 

Join FSA to learn more about the USDA  CREP, a partnership program under the well-known Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the country’s largest private land conservation program.  

This webinar will include an in-depth discussion of the CREP program with a focus on helping organizations determine if partnering with FSA through a CREP agreement may be of interest.

Watch here

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Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) Stakeholder Webinar

July 20, 2021

PLIP will provide financial relief for the losses and costs associated with depopulation due to COVID-19.  Are you a swine, chicken, or turkey producer who suffered losses due to insufficient access to processing facilities during the coronavirus pandemic?  This program may be for you!  Sign up begins in FSA county offices on July 20, 2021.  Recording | Webinar Slides

FSA County Committees and You 

July 29, 2021 

Have you ever considered running for office?  FSA county committees are made up of local farmers, ranchers and landowners who make decisions regarding FSA programs and hiring county office employees in FSA county offices.  Nomination period closes nationwide August 2nd.  Join us to learn how you or members of your organization can become local FSA leaders.  Presentation Slides| Webinar Recording

FSA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Educational Webinar

February 13, 2020 

Join us as we talk with the CRP National Program Specialist and our guest from Women Food and Ag Network, to discuss the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and what producers should know as they prepare for the General CRP sign-up deadline on February 28th. Webinar Recording | Presentation Slides | Webinar Q&A Document.

Supporting Organic and Transitioning Farmers Through Cost-Share and Conservation Programs

November 18, 2021 

This webinar will provide an overview of USDA Farm Service Agency's programs that support organic and transitioning farmers through climate and environmentally-friendly farming practices.  Including the OTECP, and the OCCSP and CRP. Webinar Recording | Presentation Slides


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