soil health

Wednesday
Jan 19
January 19, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am CST

Farmer 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 …

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Thursday
Feb 03
February 3, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

2022 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 …

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Thursday
Apr 25
April 25, 2024 @ 6:29 am CDT

Prairie 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 …

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Tuesday
Jan 18
January 18, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC+0

Economics 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. …

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Thursday
Apr 25
April 25, 2024 @ 6:29 am CDT

New “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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Wednesday
Feb 10
February 10, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am UTC+0

2021 Soybean Summit

Online

It’s that time of year to say hello at the 2021 ILSoyAdvisor Soybean Summit: Home Edition. As always, we’ll be connecting you to leading soybean experts and the latest in soybean agronomy, sustainable production and agribusiness management—this time from the comfort and safety of your home. All you have to do is register to say hello. The 2021 event will …

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