The Benton Soil and Water Conservation District and Natural Resources Conservation Service would like to invite you to attend the virtual Benton County 2020 Annual Conservation Tour on Friday, December 4th, 2020 from 9:00 am – 11:00 am See how your Clean Water Legacy and Federal funds are used for Conservation! Since COVID –19 is […]
Measuring and assessing soil health are critical for understanding how changes in agronomic management practices affect the capability of soil to support cropping systems. This presentation will focus on how the Institute is classifying soil functioning, associating specific soil functions with soil health measurements, and using this new data set to inform measurement selection. 1 […]
Like many annual events, this year’s Soil Management Summit (SMS), formerly known as the Conservation Tillage Conference or CTC, has had to make the transition from in-person to online. The SMS planning committee wants to ensure the health and wellbeing of participants, vendors, and everyone else involved in the summit's production while maintaining the high […]
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is seeking Farm to School partner farms to sell produce to our school district for the 2021-2022 school year. Are you a farmer who is interested in learning more about MPS’ Farm to School program and how we work with local farms? Curious if partnering with MPS may be a good fit for your farm?  […]
FREE to all registrants!  Featuring Dr. Karl Wyant, Vice President of Ag Science Heliae® Agriculture Dr. Wyant will discuss the importance and utility of two up-and-coming measures of soil health: active carbon and soil protein. He will break down a soil report and discuss field carbon management at length. Dr. Wyant will examine best management practices […]
This webinar features Ken Rulon, Rulon Enterprises, who will discuss the economic returns of their soil health cropping systems and how to effectively communicate adoption of practices, such as cover crops, with lenders. Rulon Enterprises is a family farm located in Arcadia, Indiana, that continues a seven-generation tradition of sustainable and environmentally responsible farming. Ken’s […]
A new year is just around the corner, and it’s time to think about some new resolutions. If you’ve resolved to help improve soil health, then the 2021 Soil Health Conference, Jan. 6-7, has just the information you need to get started! This year’s conference will be held virtually using a digital tool called Whova […]
The 2021 Minnesota Organic Conference is going virtual! Grab your coffee, tea, or hot cocoa and join us each Thursday in January at 3:00 p.m. CT, from the comfort of your home. No worries, if you can’t make it for the live event - recordings will be available for one week following each session. Join us […]
The National No-Tillage Conference 2021 is going virtual! Since 1993 the National No-Tillage Conference has been the leading no-till education and networking event for farmers across the U.S. and Canada. Hosted by No-Till Farmer and co-sponsored by 14 industry-leading companies, the conference changes themes annually and brings the best minds in no-till farming together to discuss strategies, […]
Virtual event RSVP to Robin Moore, LSP, rmoore@landstewardshipproject.org, 320-269-2105 This is one of three Land Stewardship Project introductory programs on conservation leases and practices on rented farmland. These virtual, online programs are for non-operating landowners and/or farmers who rent land and would like resources for working with their landowners. For more information, contact LSP's Robin […]
