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Precision Conservation Management is making an impact in Illinois! Here’s an update from the PCM Director, Dr. Laura Gentry
PCM Partners, Happy Spring! We hope that planting season finds everyone well. PCM Specialists were busy this winter delivering Resource Analysis and Assessment Plans (RAAPs) to our 117 PCM cooperators in Illinois. In Kentucky, Chris Stewart has enrolled 21 farmers and we are working to develop their RAAP reports and provide conservation opportunities for them. We hosted 3 PCM quarterly meetings this winter...
Risk Management Conference Only Two Weeks Away!
In two weeks, join the members of the Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Partnership for this state-wide Risk Management Conference on June 19th in Normal, Illinois. If you haven't already registered, CLICK HERE! We’ll be bringing in farmers and their advisors to talk about soil health and water management from a risk management perspective through presentations, discussion panels, and interactive conversations about weather,...
Soybean Cyst Nematode: Race Shifts and Grass Cover Crops as a Potential Alternative Control
Authors: Talon Becker and Nathan Kleczewski Among the various soybean pests, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, known by most as soybean cyst nematode (SCN), continues to be a persistent cause of yield loss for soybean producers1. SCN has been found in every county in Illinois, as well as much of the eastern United States, Puerto Rico, and parts of Hawaii and Canada2 (Figure 1). Figure...
RISKY BUSINESS: A CONFERENCE ON MANAGING WEATHER AND RESILIENCY ON THE FARM
Join us! The members of the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership will be hosting a state-wide Risk Management Conference on June 19th in Normal, Illinois. We’ll be bringing in farmers and their advisors, researchers, and supply chain partners to talk about soil health and water management from a risk management perspective through presentations, discussion panels, and interactive conversations about weather, production...
Show Me the Money
When trying to promote new practices there’s often a change needed in the cropping rotation or in the current farming operation. I am often told by farmers to “show them the money”. I know that economics is not the only thing that drives farmers to make changes on their farms, but it is an important factor in their decision-making process. ...
Soil Health Institute Releases Action Plan
View the National Soil Health Action Plan
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