Working Lands Listening Sessions
Working Lands Listening Sessions Calling all beginning, urban, diversified, and direct-market farmers! The upcoming Farm Bill in 2023 is an opportunity to re-shape those programs to help you reach your farm dreams while protecting natural resources. Please join us for a listening session with farmers like you. As a way of showing our appreciation for…
Working Lands Listening Sessions
Working Lands Listening Sessions Calling all beginning, urban, diversified, and direct-market farmers! The upcoming Farm Bill in 2023 is an opportunity to re-shape those programs to help you reach your farm dreams while protecting natural resources. Please join us for a listening session with farmers like you. As a way of showing our appreciation for…
Farmland Conservation Easements 101
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisFarmland Conservation Easements 101 Thursday, October 21 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Central Standard Time Online Webinar Finding access to farmland only gets harder as the supply of farmland declines - Illinois has lost 3.6 million acres of farmland since 1950. There is a legal tool that keeps farmland available for farming and also benefits both farmland…
Working Lands Listening Sessions
Working Lands Listening Sessions Calling all beginning, urban, diversified, and direct-market farmers! The upcoming Farm Bill in 2023 is an opportunity to re-shape those programs to help you reach your farm dreams while protecting natural resources. Please join us for a listening session with farmers like you. As a way of showing our appreciation for…
National Young Farmers Coalition
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisHave you ever wondered What is the National Young Farmers Coalition? Is there a way I can connect with farmers in the Northern Illinois region? Or How can I be more involved in agricultural policy on a national and local level? Then this event is for you! Please pass along to those you think will…
Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Conference 2021
Registration is now open for the 2021 NLRS Conference, to be held Wednesday, November 10 via zoom. Attached please find the draft agenda. Register here Questions? Please contact Lisa Merrifield at lmorrisn@illinois.edu.
Pollinator Landscapes
Pollinator Landscapes Presentation In human-dominated landscapes, such as urban areas, forestry, and agriculture, plant community composition tends to be both novel and cultivated. Restoration efforts to combat adverse effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation have resulted in widespread planting efforts. However, little attention is given to the importance of plant species identity in restoring habitat…
AISCWD Annual Meeting
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisClick here for ALL information: http://www.aiswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-Annual-Meeting-Registration-October-2021.pdf
Missouri Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health
This two-day virtual conference features presentations and discussion panels about cover crops and soil health. Speakers include farmers experienced with cover crops and soil health along with other soil health experts. Topics to be covered include the latest approaches with cover crop management, grazing of cover crops, soil health measurement, carbon payment programs, and strategies…
Missouri Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health
This two-day virtual conference features presentations and discussion panels about cover crops and soil health. Speakers include farmers experienced with cover crops and soil health along with other soil health experts. Topics to be covered include the latest approaches with cover crop management, grazing of cover crops, soil health measurement, carbon payment programs, and strategies…
Cover Crop Dos and Don’ts – Lessons Learned About Cover Crops, Corn Growth, Diseases and Pests
The field day, hosted by Iowa Learning Farms, will explore the potential benefits and impacts of planting corn into a living winter cereal rye cover crop. While the field day will primarily focus on the Iowa trial, the research project has replicated sites located in 15 states across the country. Building on existing research trials,…
National Climate Assessment: Midwest Chapter Engagement Workshop
OnlineThe National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States. To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment, USGCRP and the author teams will be hosting a series of virtual public…