A meet and greet event at the bar is the first stop in a whirlwind week of events for the 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, who spent the summer organizing a group to carry on the late David Brandt’s vision for a farmer-to-farmer learning center in southwestern Wisconsin.

Rick Clark wants growers to spend less on synthetic inputs.
He also wants to eliminate herbicides, open up the window for planting, and more. That all starts with eliminating tillage, Clark says.