Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds 2025
Sand County Foundation's Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds is a popular forum for professionals who lead projects that reduce agricultural runoff in watersheds of the central United States. Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds is developing a “community of practice” among conservation practitioners who work to improve water quality with landowners, agencies, and businesses, one watershed at a time. The…
Women in Ag Events: DuPage and Kane Co
American Farmland Trust and McHenry Co. Conservation District will host the upcoming "Women in Ag Event Series" in Kane & DuPage Co. focused on soil health and farmland succession planning in Spring 2025. These gatherings include interactive discussions, sharing resources, and connecting with local women farmers. Snacks and refreshments provided by local foods caterer. Here…
Women and the Land Spotlight on Conservation
Aledo Fire Station 211 SE 3rd St, Aledo, ILThis program will focus on how good conservation practices benefit the environment and improve the value of your farming operation. Join us for an educational day learning about conservation practices to keep nutrients on your farm and the cost-sharing opportunities available in your area. Farm financial documents can be used as a decision-making tool when…
Lunch & Learn: What Are Conservation Planners?
Three Level 3 Conservation Planners from the Agroecology + Innovation Matters (AIM) Conservation Capacity Building Initiative will explain their work, how they collaborate with SWCD staff and other organizations, and how their efforts are improving soil health for producers in their districts. There will be time for questions from attendees.
Soil Health Advocacy Day
You can stand side-by-side with Illinois Stewardship Alliance members and other farmers and soil advocates from across the state at the third annual Soil Health Advocacy Day, first created by Alliance members. After a long day of meeting with lawmakers, plan to extend your stay in Springfield so that you can join the team and…
Book Reading of Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl
Learn about the importance of soil with this non fiction story centering on Hugh Bennett, the Father of Soil. This is a virtual event that the public and school classrooms are encouraged to attend. This book reading is approximately 10 minutes long. Hosted by Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District
Cultivating Change: A 37-Year Journey of Conservation on 1400 Acres
Join the Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District in an online interview with a local landowner with more than 37 years of applying conservation on farmland in Illinois on 1400 acres. Learn about how they manage the land, balance their conservation efforts, and are growing to add more conservation on not a few but…
Women in Ag: Farmland Succession Planning – McHenry Co
Main Stay Therapeutic Farm 2919 Keystone Rd., Richmond, ILAmerican Farmland Trust and McHenry Co. Conservation District will host upcoming women's learning circles in McHenry Co. focused on soil health and farmland succession planning in Spring 2025. These learning circles start at 9:00am and include interactive discussions, sharing resources, and connecting with women farmers and local resource professionals. Lunch and optional farm tour will…
Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network Webinar
The Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network (ICCON) convenes cover crop specialists from across Illinois and the broader Midwest region for monthly discussions to explore new research, troubleshoot field conditions, and provide updates on policies and programs related to cover crops. Engaging with presentations by experts, researchers, and industry leaders, our ICCON calls provide an opportunity…
Soil Health Seminar
Ozaukee County and Dodge County farmers and partners are happy to host renowned speakers Ray Archuleta and Russell Hedricks! This event will be a two-day class with an option for dairy or grain focus, depending on your preference and location. The event includes: Advanced soil health knowledge Small group setting for in depth discussions 3…
National Cover Crop Summit
Since 2019, thousands of people from around the world have attended the online National Cover Crop Summit to discover proven, practical strategies in use by foremost cover crop experts. The National Cover Crop Summit will return March 18-20, 2025, with another can't-miss lineup of today's most successful cover cropper adopters, researchers and agronomists sharing their…
Terminating cover crops and planning for unexpected weather
Join the Midwest Cover Crops Council for a webinar on “Terminating cover crops and planning for unexpected weather” on Wednesday March 19 at 9:30E/8:30C. Dr. Bill Johnson, Purdue Professor of Weed Science, will discuss the basics of cover crop termination with an emphasis on cereal rye for the Midwest. We will also review alternative termination plans when…