OGRAIN Winter Conference
Registration is now open for the 2026 OGRAIN Winter Conference!
Join us January 22nd through 24th, 2026 at the Monona Terrace in Madison, WI! The annual OGRAIN Conference is an opportunity to learn from local organic grain growers, hear about the latest research, and connect with other organic, transitioning-to-organic, or inquisitive-about-organic grain growers and end-users.
The 10th annual OGRAIN Winter Conference will feature cutting edge ideas from farmers, researchers and industry experts. Farm and research-focused success strategies will be discussed by a range of speakers leading sessions on organic grain production in the Upper Midwest.
Event Details
January 23-24th, 2026
WIth an optional gathering
The Future of
organic row crops:
Balancing technology & ecology
4-8 PM
Thursday, January 22nd
Monona Terrace
Convention Center
in
Madison, WI
Additional details To come.
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Conference Details
Thursday, January 22, 2026: There will be an evening gathering, The Future of Organic Row Crops: Balancing Technology & Ecology, led by Erin Silva at the Monona Terrace from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. Join us for an evening of dinner and discussion (this requires an additional registration).
Friday, January 23, 2026: Breakfast at 8:00 am; Sessions and trade show from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm; Exhibit hall & roundtables from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (breakfast & lunch included).
Saturday, January 24, 2026: Breakfast at 7:30 am; Sessions and trade show from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (breakfast & lunch included).
Register now for early bird registration
$100 for a single day, $180 for the full conference, $60 for the Thursday organic gathering.
Organic Grain Buyer-Seller Mixer
Planning is underway. Details to come.
We aim to host another mixer to keep building partnerships in the organic grain sector!
This session will be free and open to the public.
Have a question for our speakers?
As a first-time attendee to the OGRAIN Conference, making connections with other producers, other end users, other organic people has been the most beneficial to me.
So, every year I come to OGRAIN and I really like the networking and seeing people that I haven’t seen in a year and catching up on what went well, what didn’t go well this year. I always appreciate a good balance between farmers’ perspectives on the farmer panels and also the research perspective, usually from Erin or from other people from other states.
A big thank you to our 2025 conference sponsors & partners!
Stay tuned for 2026 sponsors.
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Interested in being a sponsor and/or exhibitor at the OGRAIN Conference? Send an email to kelly.debbink@wisc.edu to view our sponsorship options.
Refund Policy
Participants can receive a full refund minus a $15 processing fee for cancellations received on or prior to January 9th, 2026. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after January 9th. Contact registration@cerc.wisc.edu or (608)262-2451 for cancellations or registration questions.
Questions?
Event questions: Contact Kelly Debbink, OGRAIN Outreach Specialist – kelly.debbink@wisc.edu or (608)262-4592.
Registration questions: Contact the University of Wisconsin Registration Services – registration@cerc.wisc.edu or (608)262-2451.
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Portions of the conference are supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).
Check out the OGRAIN Winter Conference programs from previous years to see the breadth and depth of topics covered.
Conversations started at the OGRAIN conference continue year-round.
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