Greg Judy, this year's highlighted keynote speaker, will take the stage to cover livestock integration and grazing management. No matter what stage or scale of each producer's operation, livestock can play a significant role. Whether guarded by collars, or fenced traditionally, Judy's steps to integrating livestock are pertinent to anyone.

“Buy livestock,” says Judy “Let the cow herd buy the land.” As a grazing expert and first hand witness to the power of incorporating livestock, Judy will share his story and a look at the system that took him from near bankruptcy to a profitable, thriving enterprise.

Greg and Jan Judy of Clark, Missouri turned near-bankruptcy in 1999 into a debt-free operation spanning 22 farms (owned and leased), grazing South Poll cattle, St. Croix hair sheep, and Shiitake mushrooms. Greg has written three books on regenerative grazing, most recently "Greg Judy's How to Think Like a Grazier," detailing the custom grazing and holistic high-density methods that built their operation from scratch. Greg teaches planned grazing, multi-species grazing, and land leasing at schools and events across the US, Germany, England, New Zealand, and Canada, and the Judys host spring and fall grazing schools plus an internship program at their farm.