Draft Animal-Power Network

08/31/2026

Every Sunday we are thanking a few of the folks and businesses who are sponsoring the Draft Animal Power Field Days.

A big thank you to Huntington Farm! They are an equestrian facility in South Strafford, Vermont and a long time lead sponsor. We appreciate their support so much. They can be found online at https://huntington-farm.com/

The North American Suffolk Horse Association is a sponsor and will be an exhibitor, too! We're glad to have them at Field Days. They are online at https://www.suffolkpunch.com/

Poulin Grain is a Vermont based grain company that sponsors many fairs and events including this year's DAPFD! We're happy to have their support. https://www.poulingrain.com/

One more big thank you to these sponsors and all our DAPFD sponsors. We couldn't do it without them!

08/29/2026

DAPNet co-founder Lisa McCrory has been kind enough to step in to teach the Holistic Planning for your Live-Power Business intensive on Friday October 2nd at The Draft Animal Power Field Days!

This is a day long intensive workshop designed for farms and businesses (existing or planned) that want to optimize quality of life, farm management/stewardship, and over-all resiliency!

When Lisa met her late husband, Carl Russell (also a DAPNet co-founder!), they applied the principles of Holistic Management in planning and ultimately birthing Earthwise Farm & Forest in Bethel, VT.

Sliding scale registration is at draftanimalpower.org/field-days!

08/27/2026

We'd love to have you volunteer at The Draft Animal Power Field Days - October 2nd-4th at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont. Email volunteer coordinator Emily Brown for more information! [email protected]

08/26/2026

You are welcome to sponsor The Draft Animal Power Field Days any day of the year! But if you sponsor by September 1st, you can be sure to get all the perks including being featured on our sponsor banners and our event t-shirt.

Go to draftanimalpower.org/field-days or email [email protected] to support your live-power community's hands-on educational conference!

08/24/2026

Every Sunday we are thanking a few of our DAPFD Sponsors!

This week we want to thank John Jayne and Back 40 Forest and Tree Care out of Newbury Vermont. John and his horse, Leaf will also be at Field Days so be sure to tell them hello and thank you!

Abbott Lumber is a family sawmill in Sanbonton NH. Brittany Abbott and family will be there with their draft goats as well!!!

Walden Mutual Bank is a certified B Corp that specializes in lending to farms, non profits and food businesses. Check them out at waldenmutual.com

A big thank you to these businesses and to all our Draft Animal Power Field Days sponsors! Still more to come in the next few weeks!

08/20/2026

Here's a few more workshop previews for The Draft Animal Power Field Days. We have 25 workshops and demonstrations over the weekend including a Freestyle Liberty Training demonstration with John Fahey and a discussion on Buying Your First Draft Horse with Tom Hausmann.

Head over to draftanimalpower.org/field-days to check out all the workshops and to register!

08/17/2026

Email us at: [email protected]
To be a French/english translator at our field days and get a free admission.
Happening in Shelburne Vermont, October 2nd to the 4th 2026

08/17/2026

This week we want to thank all the individuals who sponsored The Draft Animal Power Field Days as well as the folks who wished to remain anonymous. We hope that everyone knows how much every sponsorship is appreciated and that they all go towards making DAPFD the amazing event that it is.

You can still sponsor at draftanimalpower.org/field-days!

08/12/2026

Today's DAPFD workshop preview features Saxon Alexandra's "Grooming for Health" workshop and Stephen Leslie's "No Till Production" presentation! Check out all the offerings at draftanimalpower.org/field-days. We'll see you there!

08/10/2026

The Center for Draft Cattle Research and Education is calling for proposals to present at their virtual Draft Cattle Symposium taking place January 16th and 17th 2027. This post has all the details!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

From Jan 16-17, 2027, the Center for Draft Cattle Research and Education will host the next World Draft Cattle Symposium. After the great success of 2024, the symposium now intends to focus more on the practical use of draft cattle around the globe and in the 21st century as well as on the preservation of skills. We want to bring together practitioners, engineers and scientists for comprehensive discussions on best practice examples as well as to explore innovative new ways of understanding, training and utilising draft cattle. We are excited to document and preserve relevant draft cattle skills and the traditional knowledge that comes with it.
The symposium will be hosted virtually in order to give as many people the chance to participate as possible. It also intends to create high standards in order to make it as accessible and participatory for local farmer communities, especially in the global south.
We are looking for submissions that fit within the following topics

Crop management and rotation systems
Market gardening strategies
Logging
Transportation
Working cattle in animal therapy
Networking and Community building
Skills and Oral histories
Cattle behaviour

Please send in a written abstract (max. 250 words) of your proposal to:
Claus Kropp
[email protected]
Deadline for submissions: September 10, 2026

Important note about selected sessions:
All chosen conference sessions will be required to pre-record a video of 15 minutes length. These video-sessions will then be shared with conference participants prior to the conference and then discussed during the conference itself.