The Conservation Professional Training Program is a program of UW–Madison Division of Extension providing conservation training courses to help you deliver smarter solutions to farmers and rural landowners. From introductory courses for new employees to advanced training for conservation advisors, we provide diverse trainings to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed.
Conservation Calendar
We offer face to face, online and blended training to conservation agencies, private sector consultants and landowners across Wisconsin, the Midwest, and the US. View conservation-related events and trainings offered by us and our partners throughout the state.
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Cover Crops an
Cover Crops and Forage
Get a first-hand view of how the De Bruin family farm integrates cover crops with their operation.
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Approaching Oa
Approaching Oats as a Cash Crop
This virtual field day will showcase the steps Scott has taken to step up oat production on his organic crop and livestock farm, including his participation in a cooperator trial for better oat variety selection.
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Impact of Roller-Crimping Cereal Rye + Live Weed Zapper Demonstration
Levi will show us the field where he previously roller-crimped a cereal rye cover crop and planted soybeans. He will also demonstrate the Weed Zapper, which uses electricity to kill […]
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The Pros and C
The Pros and Cons of Insurance Pest Management: The New IPM
Although corn and soybean variety improvements (including GM crops) and reductions in pest pressures have combined to simplify crop production and improve yields, the adoption of pest management technologies - […]
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Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
Designing a Su
Designing a Successful Pasture and Grazing System
A well-managed pasture is one of the most cost-effective and high value feeds that can be produced. Not sure where to begin? This webinar will provide an overview of different […]
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The Current Webinar: Harmful Algal Blooms
With summer in full swing, many folks enjoy spending time out on the water. However, harmful algal blooms, or HABs, can put a damper on summer fun. Tune in to […]
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Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
WI Land and Water Summer County Conservation Meeting
A virtual meeting will be held due to COVID. With Keynote Address from the Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes! Topics to include: Local strategies to addressing climate change Conservation stories across […]
Cook County
Cook County’s New Stormwater Credit Trading Market
Stormwater credit trading is an innovative, market-based approach that enables infrastructure that reduces flooding to be built efficiently where it's needed most. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago […]
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Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
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The Hydrology of Upper Watershed Wetlands: A Tour of Penokee Hills
Upper watershed wetlands are critical to regulating water throughout watersheds, yet they are among the most under-recognized wetlands in Wisconsin and sometimes some of the most altered.
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Roller Pasture
Roller Pasture Series: Watering Systems
We'll learn about creating an efficient watering system - which is helpful when planning rotational grazing.
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Conservation Partnership Training
WI Land+Water along with DATCP, DNR, NRCS, and Pheasants Forever will provide information about programs and topics integral to successful conservation programs.
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Badger Crop Co
Badger Crop Connect
Badger Crop Connect is a new crop production webinar series developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Crops and Soils Program for the 2020 growing season. Badger Crop Connect’s goal […]
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DATCP Grant Opportunities
Wisconsin farmers can learn about several grant opportunities available through the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) during this grant-writing webinar.
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The Role of Cr
The Role of Crop Advisers in Promoting Conservation Agriculture
Despite decades of promotion, the voluntary adoption of conservation practices on farmland is still low. There is a great deal of literature that focuses on farm and farmer characteristics that lead to greater adoption, but less work has been done on conservation information messengers.
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Dairy Market Update Webinar
During this free webinar series, Sara Dorland of Ceres Dairy Risk Management will provide monthly dairy market insights into what's happening today, tomorrow and the rest of 2020. Join us to […]
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Integrating Co
Integrating Cover Crops on a Vegetable and Poultry Farm – Termination & Turnaround to Planting
In this three-part series, join Rob to learn about the different ways he integrates cover crops throughout his vegetable and poultry farm.
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How to Get Sta
How to Get Started Restoring Your Cold-water Stream in Your County
There has been a strong interest by counties in the past ten years to work with landowners on stream projects that involve bank stabilization and habitat for both game and non-game species.
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Measures of Soil Water Cycling
Measuring and assessing soil health are critical components to understanding how changes in agronomic management practices affect soils capacity to support cropping systems. In this presentation, the Soil Health Institute (SHI) will focus on explaining measurements and assessments of soil health associated with soil-water dynamics.
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Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
1 event,
Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
1 event,
Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
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SWCS Annual Conference
This year’s conference theme, “Expanding Horizons: Where Conservation Meets Innovation,” evokes images of the expansive views of the region and the deep and varied soil horizons that make Iowa’s farmland some of the most productive in the world.
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Soil Health: The Foundation for Regenerative Agriculture
This free virtual event is to advance the opportunity that improving soil health offers to address climate change, water quality, food production, biodiversity, and many other pressing issues. Among the meeting […]
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Badger Crop Connect
Watershed Applications of ACPF Workshop
Watershed Applications of ACPF Workshop
Watershed Applications of ACPF Workshop
Conservation News
WEBINAR RECORDING: HOW COVID-19 IS IMPACTING FARMS
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the Conservation Professional Training Program organized a webinar to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wisconsin farms.
The webinar featured Dr Mark Stephenson, Ag Economist, Director of the Center for Dairy Profitability, Megan Nelson, Livestock Extension Outreach Program Manager, and John Shutske, Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist, Dept of Biological Systems Engineering.
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