Calendar

Calendar - Events of Interest and Grant Deadlines

Updated 3/4/2026

March

3/01 Establishing a Mushroom Yard (West Danville, VT)

3/04 Bedded Pack Manure Management (Highgate, VT)

3/04 Getting Started with iNaturalist (online)

3/05 FWA Precision Ag Conference (St Albans, VT)

3/05 Dairy Sustainability Day (Middlebury, VT)

3/05 Legal Food Hub winter series: USDA NAD Appeals (online)

3/07 NOFA-NH Winter Conference (New London, NH)

3/10 CRWFA Monthly Meeting (online/WRJ, 11-1pm)

3/10 Pesticides and PFAS (online)

3/10-11 Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit (Albany, NY)

3/18 Northern Grain Growers Conference (Essex, VT)

3/23 Connecticut River Watershed Bi-State Ag Meeting with Congressional Delegates (Walpole, NH)

3/24 Learn About FSA & NRCS Programs (St J, VT)
3/25 VVBGA Meeting: Strip-Till & Reduce-Till for Veggies (online)
        Mike will be presenting on our Strip-Till equipment
3/25 Act 59/50x50 VCP Stakeholder Meeting (Online)
3/25 Local Working Group meeting: Grafton County (Haverhill, NH)

3/25 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (Montpelier, VT)

3/25 Adult Mental Health training (online)
3/26 Nutrient Management Plan Update Session (White River Junction, VT)

3/27 Technical & Financial Assistance for VT Flower Growers (online)
3/27 Wildlife in the Whetstone (Brattleboro, VT)

3/28-29 Butchering Pork (Randolph, VT)

3/29 Fundamentals of Coppice & Pollarding (New Haven, VT)

3/31 Sanitation Practices for Greenhouse Production (online)

April

4/07 Initial Pesticide Certification meeting (Brattleboro and St Johnsbury, VT)

4/07 Youth Mental Health Training (online)

4/09 No-Till Equipment Field Day (Walpole, NH)
          CRWFA will be there with Strip-Till machines!

4/09 Current Use Myth Busting (Derby, VT)
4/11 CRWFA Equipment Field Day (Fairlee, VT)
4/11 Dover VT Flood Resilience Discussion (Dover, VT)

4/11 Sausage Master Class (Randolph, VT)
4/11 Biodynamic Solutions: Weeds, Pests, and Fungus Control (Chestnut Ridge, NY)

4/14 CRWFA Monthly Meeting & Webinar: Farmland Loss & Protection

4/14 Adult Mental Health Training (online)

4/17 Apple Tree Pruning (Randolph, VT)

4/21 NH Building Local Market Access: Farmer Discussion (online)

4/25 Blueberry Pruning, Tree Planting (Windy Ridge Orchard, NH)

4/30 – 5/1 Artificial Insemination & Reproductive Management (Randolph, VT)

6/8 Land Management for Turtles (Cheshire County)

Online Series

• Tri-State Dairy Exchange webinar series (monthly): 1/28, 2/25, 3/25, 4/29, May 5/27, June tbd

  • In 2026, the theme is Advancing Dairy Systems Through Technology. The first quarter (first 3 months) will focus on Wearable Animal Health Monitoring Technology. 

• Pesticide Applicator Education series (for certified applicators): 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24

Grants and Cost-Share

March

3/30 VT - Specialty Crop Block Grant

April

4/1  VT - Farm Agronomic Practices Program application due

Deadline unclear

Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Stage One Application, USDA (FSA) programs for 2023, 2024 losses from natural disasters.  Contact your Conservation District or FSA agent.

Ongoing

VT - Farmstead BMP

VT - Pasture and Surface Water Fencing

VT - Seeding and Filter Strip

VT - CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Programs)

Help with Conference or Workshop costs

• For farmers, custom operators, and service providers: is there a conference or event (water quality-focused) that is expensive or far away?  If you would like help paying for a training like that, the VT Agency of Ag can help.  Click here for more information.  For registration fees and/or travel costs.  This is run through the FAP program (Farm Agronomic Practice).

• FACT (Food Animal Concerns Trust) can offer up to $400 to attend a conference or workshop (for registration fees).  Click here for more information.

Good Luck!