Albert Lea Seed

2025 North American Farm & Power Show
2025-03-20 - 2025-03-22 | Four Seasons Centre / Steele County Fair Grounds, 1525 South Elm Ave, Owatonna, MN, 55060
Make plans to attend the North American Farm & Power Show, March 20 – 22, 2025, at the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna, Minnesota!
Albert Lea Seed Dealer, Casey Staloch will have a booth! Be sure to stop by and visit him.
Tradexpos, Inc welcomes you to the North American Farm & Power Show! We’re committed to bringing the industry’s leading innovators in agriculture technology, equipment, and science to the front step of America’s farming heartland. The North American Farm & Power Show serves as a midwestern hub for exhibitors to showcase their latest products and finest innovations! We provide a convenient, exciting opportunity for exhibitors and the farming community to learn from and network with each other!
The North American Farm & Power Show sets the stage annually for getting in touch with the future of America’s farmland.
The North American Farm & Power Show offers free admission and free parking! We hope you’ll join us in March as we achieve the extraordinary together in Owatonna, Minnesota!

UMN Organic Crop Day
2025-03-21 | Four Seasons Centre / Steele County Fair Grounds, 1525 South Elm Ave, Owatonna, MN, 55060
Albert Lea Seed has sponsored this event and the Organic Crop Day in n Waite Park, MN on March 27. We invite you to attend one of these valuable events!

UMN Organic Crop Day
2025-03-27 | Sterns County Service Center, 3301 County Road 138, Waite Park, MN
Albert Lea Seed has sponsored this event and the one at the North American Farm & Power Show on March 21. We hope you can attend one of these valuable events!

Tri State Dairy Nutrition Conference
2025-04-14 - 2025-04-16 | Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN
Come say hi to Mark at the Albert Lea Seed booth!
Conference Schedule: https://www.tristatedairy.org/schedule

UofMN Forever Green Forum
2025-05-28 - 2025-05-29 | WI
Forever Green Field Day
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 12:30-4:00pm
Research Fields on the Saint Paul Campus
Parking in Gortner Ramp
Forever Green Forum
Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 8:00am-5:00pm
Borlaug Hall on the Saint Paul Campus
1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul MN

Central Plains Grain Field Walk and Buyer Tour Co Hosted by Albert Lea Seed
2025-06-05 09:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Greenleaf Acres Farm, 23305 Cty Rd 22, Hudson, Colorado, 80642
Join us at Greenleaf Acres farm for a laser weeder demonstration, field walk, agronomy learnings, and buyer tour focused on organic grain production.
Engage with key players in organic supply chains at this buyer tour, crafted to connect buyers with transitioning and established organic farmers during an immersive field walk. This event will focus on scaling organic ingredient production and the opportunities for marketing the whole organic crop rotation in the Plains. Expect to cultivate valuable partnerships with potential buyers and farmers and enjoy a delicious lunch featuring Colorado grown organic ingredients.
This event is for organic farmers, those transitioning, and those who are curious about organic production, and organic buyers.
When arriving at this event, please park at the shed.

South Central Iowa Lamb Producers Fast & Furious Jackpot Lamb Show
2025-06-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Knoxville Raceway, 1000 N Lincoln St., Knoxville, IA
Albert Lea Seed is a sponsor of this event!

Worth County Fair
2025-06-18 - 2025-06-22 | Northwood, IA
Albert Lea Seed is pleased to be a partner with the Worth County Fair! Check out their events and plan to attend. https://worthcountyfair.com/

Rodale Institute Midwest Organic Center Field Day
2025-07-08 | Midwest Organic Center, 3706 St. Peters Road, Marion, IA, 52302
Albert Lea Seed is a sponsor! We hope to see you there.

PFI Field Day: From Field to Flour: Growing, Milling and Marketing Food Grade Grains
2025-07-10 | Meadowlark Organic Farm and Mill, 3630 Ridgevue Road, Ridgeway, WI
Albert Lea Seed is a 2025 Field Day Sponsor and we will be exhibiting at this event!

ALSH Winter Grains and Cover Crop Virtual Conference
2025-07-10 09:00 - 15:35 | Virtual
REGISTER FOR OUR SUMMER VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
We are hosting our annual virtual conference focused on making the most of your winter grains, cover crops, and forages on July 10th from 9 AM until 3:35 PM CT. Join us for the entire event or a single session to prepare for the fall planting season ahead.
CCA continuing education credits have been applied for.
9:00 – 10:00 AM Cover Crop Options for Small Grains with Theresa Pedretti, CCA, Cover Crop Sales Agronomist and Margaret Smith, PhD, Forage Agronomist
10:00 – 11:00 AM Soft Red Winter Wheat – What is Required by Millers? with Samual Fether, Operations Manager, Andersons Hudson, MI Facility
11:05 AM – 12:05 PM Fall and Winter Grazing—-Small Grains, Plus with Knute Severson, Owner, Grand View Beef & Owner, Agronomy First, Clarion, IA and Ron Schoepp, Schoepp Farms LLC, Lodi, WI
12:30 – 1:30 PM Optimizing Cover Crops and Manure Management in Diverse Cropping Systems with Dr. Kate White, Soil Scientist
1:30 – 2:30 PM Camelina for Jet Fuel with Anna Teeter, Novel Oilseeds Program Manager, Cargill and Matt Leavitt, Perennial and Winter Annual Agronomy Specialist, UMN Forever Green
2:35 – 3:35 PM Drone Seeding Cover Crops with Jordan Kuntz, Founder and President, Biosphere Drones, Dyersville, IA andMatt Seifert, Family Traditions Farm, Mount Vernon, IN

Rodale Institute Annual Organic field Day
2025-07-18 | Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Rd., Kutztown, PA

Family Farm Field Day
2025-07-18 - 2025-07-19 | Andrew Coblentz Farm, 4991 TR 419, Sugarcreek, OH, 44681
Join Mark at the Family Farm Field Day in Sugarcreek, OH.

U of MN Barley U Field Day
2025-07-22 01:00 - 17:00 | Cargill Building, 1500 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55108
Join Albert Lea Seed Agronomist, Ty Larson, at the University of Minnesota Barley U Field Day!
This event includes:

Research updates from scientists at the University of Minnesota
Viewing research plots
Interactive activities
Happy hour to socialize

This event is FREE to attend but registration is required. Please register below.
Questions? Email Kevin at smith376@umn.edu or Karen at beaubien@umn.edu

Freeborn County Fair
2025-07-29 - 2025-08-03 | Freeborn County Fair Grounds, 1105 Bridge Ave, Albert Lea, MN
Albert Lea Seed is proudly sponsoring the Kiddie Zone and Military Appreciation Day again this year! We hope you can attend and enjoy all the fair has to offer. Check out the events here: https://www.co.freeborn.mn.us/490/Freeborn-County-Fair

Nexus Cooperative Strip-Till Field Day
2025-08-12 | Rose Creek, MN
Albert Lea Seed Dealer, Josh with Grow Source, will have a booth at this event! Be sure to stop by and tell him “Hi”.

OGRAIN Field Day: Organic Grain Soil Health, Testing, and an Introduction to Agroforestry with Otter Creek Organic Farm at Twin Crix
2025-08-19 | Twin Crix Farm, Spring Green, WI
Join OGRAIN at Twin Crix Farm in Spring Green, WI, on Tuesday, August 19th, for a day of organic field walks and soil health talks. Gary Zimmer will share how he uses tests to make informed decisions to increase soil health. From soil tests to tissue tests to feed tests, he’ll discuss them all. Sandy Syburg will share results from an on-farm nitrogen and cover crop study led by Michael Fields Agriculture Institute. We’ll also hear an update on the work of Rye Revival. In the afternoon, we’ll discuss grain crop rotations and tour fields of corn, clover, and rye. We’ll end the day with an agroforestry field tour and introduction with Patrick Michaels. For a more in-depth dive into agroforestry, join the Savanna Institute on Wednesday, August 20th.

The Land Connection Midwest Mechanical Field Day
2025-08-20 | Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station, 55519 170th St., Ames, IA
Come visit our booth at the Midwest Mechanical Field Day!

Olmsted County SWCD Adaptive Grazing & Fencing 2-Day Workshop
2025-08-21 - 2025-08-22 | Different location each day.
Lacey Nelson, Albert Lea Seed Sales Agronomist, will be present to answer your agronomy questions! We are an event sponsor.

OGRAIN Research Day
2025-08-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Arlington Agricultural Research Station, 20 miles north of Madison, 1 mile west of State Hwy. 51, Columbia County, WI
This field day will feature tours and talks about the latest research in organic grains and forages, including methods for reducing tillage in corn and soybeans, no-till dry beans, advances in organic food-grade grains, emerging crops, using biocontrol agents to manage white mold in soybean, and an on-farm research project studying soil health in organic grain systems.

ISU Organic Ag Program Neely-Kinyon Field Day
2025-08-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Neely-Kinyon Organic Research Farm Field Day, 2557 Norfolk Ave, Greenfield, IA
The Neely-Kinyon Memorial Research Farm Organic Field Day showcases the capstone research project of the Organic Agriculture Program at Iowa State University. The Longterm Agroecological Research (LTAR) project enters its 27th year of direct field comparisons between conventional and three organic rotations. Attendees will learn about the latest findings from the LTAR site while also visiting other research projects on the farm including an organic wheat variety trial and organically managed vineyard.
Visit the ISU Organic Agriculture Program to learn more.

PFI Field Day: Organic Management Strategies for Fourishing Fields and Nutritious Crops
2025-09-09 | Barred Owl Organics, Garwin, IA
Albert Lea Seed is a sponsor of PFI’s 2025 Field Days. We will be exhibiting at this event. Come join us!

Rodale Institute No-Till Corn into Alfalfa Field Day
2025-09-09 10:00 - 15:00 | Prairie Creed Barn, 12296 W Airport Rd, Cairo, NE, 68824
Join us in Grand Island, NE for a field walk focused on no till organic crop production and a buyer tour. Participants will have the opportunity to tour fields of organic corn no tilled into living alfalfa. Additionally, Ben Miller (North Platte, NE) will share his learnings from over 10 years of experience with the system. Other growers experimenting with the technique will be present to discuss and share.

PFI Field Day: Partnering to Graze Cover Crops and Improve Soil Health
2025-09-10 | Sanborn, IA
Albert Lea Seed is a PFI Field Day Sponsor and we will be exhibiting at this event. Come join us!

Blue River Organic Corn Field Day - Jonathan Olson Farm
2025-09-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Jonathan Olson Farm, 3415 Co Rd 9, Cottonwood, MN
Please join us for a field day on Thursday, September 11 at Jonathan and Carolyn Olson’s place in Cottonwood, Minnesota. Come see how Blue River organic corn is performing on the farm. Oh, and did we mention free BBQ ribs?! See other side for details.
Register here

Noble Natural Products Farmer Appreciation Days
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-13 | Noble Natural Products, 11700 N 400 W, Ligonier, IN, 46767
Albert Lea Seed Blue River Organic Products can be viewed. Grilled pork burgers, drinks and chips are available between 10am and 2pm. Rolls and coffee are available all day. No charge!
Come join us anytime! Both days are from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

13th Annual Community Organic Corn and Soybean Plot Day
2025-09-12 | Eli & Katie Hershberger Family Farm, 1575 Dillon Ave, Fairbank, IA, 50629
Join us in Fairbank, Iowa for an organic corn and soybean plot tour followed by an organic dinner.

PFI Field Day: All Things Oats + Oat Mill Site Tour
2025-09-13 | Albert Lea, MN
Albert Lea Seed is a 2025 PFI Field Day Sponsor. We will be exhibiting at this event. Come join us!

NODPA 25th Annual Field Days
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-26 | Pompey Rod & Gun Club, 2035 Swift Road, Pompey, NY, 13138
Come meet our new RSM, Jett Kelly, and join us on September 25 & 26, 2025, for the 25th Annual NODPA Field Days at the Pompey Rod and Gun Club, 2035 Swift Road, Pompey, NY 13138. This milestone event will focus on “Improving Your Bottom Line in Organic Dairy: Exploring Market Trends, Emerging Technology, Better Nutrition, and Cattle Breeding for Success.”

Albert Lea Seed Ames Cover Crop Show Plot Tour
2025-10-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Albert Lea Seed House, 2326 230th St., Ames, IA, 50014, United States
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Join Albert Lea Seed—along with co-sponsors PFI and Rodale Institute—for a cover crop plot tour, featuring 34 species, 45 varieties, and 15 mixes that were planted in late August. See for yourself how new products and long-time favorites are performing in the field. Hillary Olson, State Soil Health Specialist with the Iowa NRCS, will also present on the role of cover crops play in soil health. Afterward, please stay for a delicious lunch, on us.
What: Albert Lea Seed Cover Crop Field Day
Where: Albert Lea Seed House, 2326 230th St., Ames, Iowa
When: Friday, October 24 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact Denise Hoffman: 800.352.5247 x160 or denise@alseed.com
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