Iowa Sheep Industry Association Hosts June 6 Pasture Walk at Robert’s Creek

The Iowa Sheep Industry Association (ISIA), in collaboration with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, UW–Madison Division of Extension, Clayton County NRCS, and NoFence Virtual Fencing (invited), will host a pasture walk and membership meeting.

Event Information

Date: Saturday, June 6

Time: beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Location: Robert’s Creek, located at 18869 Dalmatian Ave, Saint Olaf, IA 52072

Educational Pasture Walk

This educational pasture walk will highlight the following:

Pasture rotation using virtual fencing technology
NRCS EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) opportunities
Timely updates from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

“This pasture walk is an opportunity for producers to see conservation, technology, and grazing management come together in a real-world setting,”
Carolyn Ihde, Small Ruminant Outreach Specialist

Registration

Advance registration is required.

Online registration is available at: https://go.wisc.edu/336fm5 ↗️

Information When Attending

To help protect the health of both the host flock at Robert’s Creek and participants’ home flocks, attendees are asked to:

Wear freshly laundered clothing
Arrive with clean footwear

Biosecurity precautions will be discussed during the event, and a boot wash station will be available on-site.

The pasture includes steep hillsides; however, most of it is visible from the farmyard, allowing participants to engage without navigating uneven terrain.

The site is easily accessible from a main highway; however, the narrow gravel road leading to the farm has limited safe parking, minimal shoulder, and limited roadside parking.

To improve safety and ease of access, carpooling is strongly encouraged. Overflow parking may be available at Norway Lutheran Church, pending confirmation. If overflow parking is used, participants will be responsible for organizing carpools at the church and traveling to the farm only in full‑capacity vehicles. Additional parking instructions and updates will be sent to registered participants prior to the event, and on-site directions will be provided as available.