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What Social Science Reveals About Conservation Adoption
What influences whether conservation practices are adopted, and what does that mean for reaching nutrient loss reduction goals? This April 2026, the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership Science Committee was joined by Chris Morris, rural sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at Iowa State University and soon-to-be faculty at Kansas State University, to discuss how social science can help answer these questions. Drawing...
ASHT Cohort Gathers for Two-Day Cover Crop Training
In February, Illinois agriculture professionals gathered at the Illinois Soybean Association in Bloomington for the third session of the 2022-23 Advanced Soil Health Training (ASHT) hosted by the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP). The third session in the training series provided education to participants on cover crops and cover crop management. This two-day intensive classroom workshop began with Stacy Zuber,...