soil health
Illinois Soil Health Week
Throughout the week, the Illinois Stewardship Alliance will bring together farmers and eaters, organizations, state leaders, legislators, and other partners to virtually celebrate with a variety of presentations and resources. Each day features different voices in the food and farm system presenting on a range of topics that focus on how powerful and important the soil beneath our feet is …
Read MoreFarmer Outreach Coffee Chats
National Wildlife Federation’s Sustainable Ag team is excited to bring back the Outreach Coffee Chat series this winter! These monthly, casual conversations are a space for producers and ag professionals to connect across state lines, learn what the research says about how to better engage new audiences on conservation, and hear what is actually working from your peers across the …
Read More2022 Conservation Cropping Seminar
Find ways to improve soil health, learn about cover crops, remain profitable—and even more marketable—by using sustainable techniques that build up natural resilience to weather extremes, pests, and weeds. Learn from conservationists, partners, and local Illinois farmers! There will be a Question & Answer session as well as helpful resources to access. For the eighth year in a row, conservation …
Read MorePrairie Strips Winter Webinar Series
Prairie Strips Winter Webinar Series By: Craig Ficenec, Sand County Foundation Much of Illinois was once covered in a diverse prairie ecosystem: wildlife thrived and water flowed clean. Today, recreating a small fraction of that native vegetation could move us toward our water quality and habitat goals, while improving farm profitability. Sand County Foundation, Pheasants Forever, and Iowa State University …
Read MoreEconomics of Soil Health: Contributions of Reduced Tillage and Cover Cropping
A series of Soil Science Society of America webinars produced in partnership with The Soil Health Institute and sponsored by The Walton Family Foundation. Weighing the costs and benefits of soil health management practices is a primary concern for producers considering the adoption of such practices. However, the economic information needed for making data-driven, science-based decisions is difficult to find. …
Read MoreNew “Soil Health Check Up” Video Series
A new three part video series called “Soil Health Check Up” was recently co-created and released by Dr. Stacy Zuber, Illinois State Soil Health Specialist with NRCS, and Jennifer Jones, Extension Watershed Outreach Associate with University of Illinois Extension. Each video describes and demonstrates at-home soil health tests that farmers, landowners, or homeowners could use to visually assess the health of …
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