News and Events

2026 Calumet County Ag Stewardship Alliance Conference & Annual Meeting

5:00 p.m. | Registration, networking

5:15 p.m. | Welcome & CCASA year in review
John Schwarz, CCASA President

5:30 p.m. | Dinner
Sponsored by Compeer Financial

6:00 p.m. | CCASA 2025 Conservation Outcomes
Marti Viste, Farmers for Sustainable Food

6:15 p.m. | Lysimeter Project Update
Lindsey Hartfiel, Discovery Farms

6:45 p.m. | Agriculture Aviation: Aerial seeding & crop spraying
Dean Heimermann, Countryside Aviation LLC

7:15 p.m. | Drone Applications in Agriculture
Cade Christensen and Al Hoepfner, CAL Drone Applications

7:45 p.m. | Closing comments, public program concludes

8:00 p.m. | CCASA Annual meeting (members-only)
Minutes, financials, project updates (cost-share program), board elections