Events

https://farmcommons.org/workshops/guiding-resilience/ Agriculture professionals: Are the farmers and ranchers you work with asking you tough legal questions? Do you wish you knew how to get them answers?

Healthy, living soil and its functions are created and maintained by fungi, bacteria, plants and by invertebrate animals as diverse as annelids, springtails, and firefly larvae, among others. Soil invertebrates are fundamental to soil health and create soil structure, cycle organic matter, consume weed seeds and prey on crop pests. This online short course is …

Farming with Soil Life Short Course – Midwest Read More »

Winter Annual Oilseed Field Day to be held June 11 in Rosemount   ROSEMOUNT, MN - The University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative invites manufacturers, food entrepreneurs, farmers, policy professionals, and the public to a Winter Annual Oilseeds Field Day event at the Rosemount Research and Outreach Center. At this event, attendees will learn about …

Winter Annual Oilseed Field Day to be held June 11 in Rosemount Read More »

FEATURING KWS HYBRID RYE AT HENNEN SEEDS, LLC. JUNE 15, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 1:00 PM–1:30 PM: Incorporating Hybrid Rye into Your Systems, Millborn Seeds 1:30 PM–2:00 PM: Agronomics of Hybrid Rye, KWS 2:00 PM–3:00 PM: Field Tour with Ice Cream RSVP encouraged but not required. Please RSVP by calling Amber Kraft …

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Share tile drainage/stream results. Explain cover crop expansion effort(Bridgewater Cover Crop Adoption Project) Location:  L&M Bar & Grill, Rice County

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The UMN Southern Research & Outreach Center (SROC) in Waseca will hold a Virtual Agronomy Field Tour on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to noon. This webinar will give participants a look at several current research projects at the SROC and will include a question and answer opportunities. The webinar is free, but …

SROC Virtual Agronomy Field Tour Tuesday, June 22 Read More »

Join the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership and organizations from Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin for a free four-part webinar series exploring new management options and financial opportunities for Midwest farmers. The series will provide farmers and their advisors with practical and straightforward information on innovative incentives. Each webinar has been approved for 1.5 hrs CEU …

FARMING FOR THE FUTURE: ECOSYSTEM MARKETS Read More »

Red clover might just be Ben Dwire’s favorite crop to grow. During this episode, we’ll talk with Ben about all things red clover and how this nitrogen-fixing cover crop can help other parts of his extended rotations and his livestock operation. We’ll take a peek at the red clover he’s underseeded with his oats and …

Extended Rotations With Red Clover Read More »

We continue to see issues with pesticide resistant insects, weeds, and disease and many have experienced a problem with poor pesticide performance. How can you sort out application and environmental effects from actual resistance? Researchers and Extension specialists will discuss how to avoid performance problems and how to make sure pests management strategies are effective. …

SWROC Advancing Ag series: Pesticide resistance – How do you know it’s happening to you? Webinar Read More »

It is estimated that there are over 600,000 acres of unmanaged woodland grazing in Minnesota. These woodlands need to be managed to protect soil, water, vegetation and tree resources. Silvopasture—the deliberate integration of trees and grazing livestock operations on the same land—may be an appropriate management option for some landowners. These systems are intensively managed for livestock, forest products …

Silvopasture and Oak Savanna Restoration Workshop Read More »

Matthew Frana, watershed project coordinator for the Winneshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Joel Zook, energy planner for the Winneshiek County Energy District, will discuss how farmers, landowners, and local community leaders can implement practices, such as on-farm solar energy and water quality improvement projects, to build more resilient farms in northeast Iowa. …

Building Resiliency on the Farm Read More »

Questions about agriculture’s potential role in carbon sequestration are on many ag producers’ minds these days. Purdue ag economists Carson Reeling, Nathanael Thompson and James Mintert will discuss the opportunities and challenges of the carbon markets in U.S. agriculture for row crop producers on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Registration is free …

Carbon Markets For U.S. Row Crop Producers: Opportunities And Challenges Read More »

Land Stewardship Project & Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed! Join us for our virtual kickoff event on FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM All livestock farmers are highly encouraged to participate!   Since their founding in 2003, Thousand Hills has been focused on one mission: to nourish the soil, the plants, cattle, and people …

Celebrate Grazing Read More »

For three crop years, Minnesota Office for Soil Health and SFA have been collecting, analyzing and sharing on-farm soil health data across Minnesota to help us better interpret and use soil health measurements. Five field days are planned to share research, discuss soil health practices and network: Wed., June 30 – 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Michael …

Minnesota Soil Health Series Read More »

For three crop years, Minnesota Office for Soil Health and SFA have been collecting, analyzing and sharing on-farm soil health data across Minnesota to help us better interpret and use soil health measurements. This is the first of five field days planned to share research, discuss soil health practices and network. Presenters include Mr. Larson, …

Soil Health Field Day – Stephen Read More »

Date and Time: Wednesday June 30, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Address: 26505 County Road 2 Staples, MN 56479 Hosts: Central Lakes College Ag and Energy Center Register by June 23rd to secure your meal ticket. These events are co-sponsored by Sustainable Farming Association - Central Chapter and Minnesota Farmers Union, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension’s …

Energy Efficiency and Agriculture Read More »

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Join us and learn about what is happening in barley research at the U About this event Come join us and learn about what is happening in barley research at the U. We will also include a sneak preview of the new hop yard on campus. This event will allow you to hear from UM …

2021 Barley U Read More »

Hybrid rye yields much higher than and has lower incidence of fusarium head blight than open-pollinated (OP) cereal rye varieties. For both organic and conventional farmers with livestock, hybrid rye can play an important role in the rotation and in rations. Jude Becker pasture raises farrow-to-finish, organic hogs on his sixth-generation family farm, Becker Lane …

Hybrid rye production and use in swine rations Read More »