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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Small-Scale No-Till Vegetables
Reducing tillage is one of the best ways to improve soil health on your farm.
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Live Roller-Crimper and Weed Zapper Demonstration
The Iowa State University Extension, Outreach Organic Ag Program, and PFI is planning a virtual field day to demonstrate rolling rye in an organic no-till system
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Weathering the
Weathering the Storm in Agriculture
Join Compeer Financial and Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at INTL FCStone Financial, for a live webinar as he shares first-hand perspective on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the market.
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Badger Crop Connect Webinar
The Badger Crop Connect webinars provide timely crop updates for Wisconsin. This episode will feature the following topics: Winter wheat disease management Insect development and current risks- culprits to be […]
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Drought Decision-Making Tools You Can Use
Learn about two toolkits that support drought monitoring and drought decision-making across the lower 48 states: the Integrated Water Portal and The Climate Toolbox.
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Soil Health Digital Cafe Series: Exploring how farmers’ perceptions of soil health affect their management decisions
The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region discussing the latest soil health research, resources, and news.
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Principles of
Principles of Riverscape Health & Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration
In this webinar we will immerse you deeper into reading riverscapes; specifically, we will introduce the principles of riverscape health. These principles will be cast in a light to help […]
Partnering to
Partnering to Protect Drinking Water
This national Source Water Collaborative webinar will feature presenters from NRCS who will share information about the upcoming bulletin on selecting priority source water protection areas in each state
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2020 Healthy Lakes Conference
Join The Tall Pines Conservancy for the 5th annual Healthy Lakes Conference. This conference will be held online. More information here.
Sheep and Vege
Sheep and Vegetables at Sundog Farm – Pest and Disease Management
Join Carmen, Maja, and the rest of the crew at Sundog Farm to learn how they are addressing challenges on their farm. You will see how the team manages sheep grazing through their vegetable fields.
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Winter Oilseed
Winter Oilseed Virtual Field Day: Supply Chain and Market Development
Winter camelina (Camelina sativa) and pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) are new winter-hardy annual oilseeds that have great potential for use as a cash cover crop that protects soil and water while also providing economic benefits to farmers in the Upper Midwest.
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Comprehensive
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) Updates
This series of training will cover updates to NRCS' Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.
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Soil Health Digital Cafe Series: Cover Crop/Soil Health On-Farm Research Partnership Between UNL and NRCS
This webinar will explain the development of the On-Farm Research Partnership between the NRCS and the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network and how it is used to collect production and soil data from NRCS Soil Health Demonstration Sites across Nebraska.
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The Current Webinar: Recreational Water Quality and Invasive Species
Their relationship to water quality is sometimes overlooked, but aquatic invasive species can be considered "biological pollution". They can also negatively affect on-water recreation.
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Well Care 101
Well Care 101 – What You Need to Know to Protect Your Family
In a survey of over 1,700 well owners, 67% believed their well water was safe without any evidence to support it. You can protect your health and your family's by learning the basics of well care.
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Working with Neighbors to Integrate Livestock and Improve Soil
Tom's goal is to improve the soil on his family's century farm. To do this, he has been working with neighbors Jim Funke, Jon Merrill, and Conner Allender to integrate cattle, sheep, and poultry into his cropping system in a variety of ways.
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Building Resil
Building Resiliency into Your Dairy
Interested in saving production costs and building resiliency into your dairy? Are there opportunities during difficult markets? It begins with the soil.
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Comprehensive
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) Updates
This series of training will cover updates to NRCS' Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.
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Termination Dates for Cereal Rye in Soybeans
Join hosts Sam and Jon to discuss their experiences and findings from trials investigating delayed termination of cereal rye in soybeans.
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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 […]
ASDWA’s
ASDWA’s New PFAS – Source Water Protection Guide and Toolkit
This webinar will showcase the soon-to-be released guide and toolkit that was developed with support from a Project Advisory Council
Prairie Strips
Prairie Strips and Conservation on Rented Ground – Management and Prescribed Fire
Prairie strips are a practice that more farmers and landowners are using to reintegrate prairie into Iowa's agricultural landscape, providing numerous water quality and wildlife benefits in the process.
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2020 Northwest
2020 Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference
The Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference is a great opportunity for lake enthusiasts, local government officials, and others interested in protecting our water resources to take in a number of educational […]
Wetland Soils
Wetland Soils 101: Way More Than Just Mud on Your Boots
If you're involved with wetland management, restoration, or mitigation at any scale, you need to understand how soil properties influence wetlands. Soils affect water availability, water transport, vegetation communities, and so much more.
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Comprehensive
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) Updates
This series of training will cover updates to NRCS' Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.
Do the Numbers
Do the Numbers: Organic Dairy
Thelma Heidel-Baker and Ricky Baker have a small, family-run, diversified organic dairy farm in the rolling hills of southeastern Wisconsin. For this field day, they'll share how they manage their grass-based, organic dairy.
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No-Till Oat and Rye Production
This virtual farm tour will showcase both rye and oats in the field, and Martin will share the lessons he's learned about producing both crops, from no-till planting in soybean residue to harvesting and cleaning the product.
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Forest Woody Biomass Operations and Biomass Production
Dr. Anderson work is focused on three critical areas of bioenergy and bioproducts research and development: 1) sustainable and economically efficient forest biomass management and production systems, 2) competitive low-emissions […]
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Creating and Maintaining Upland Habitat
Creating and maintaining upland habitat for wildlife is important to many landowners. This presentation will cover the habitat requirements of many upland wildlife species and how forestry practices can be used to improve their habitat.
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Early Season Organic Weed Control
In this virtual field day, Matt will show video of various passes of tine harrows and rotary hoes he made through the field earlier in June, and then we'll take a live look at the field.
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Using Conservation to Improve Farm Profitability – 60-Inch-Row Corn + Interseeded Cover Crops
Nathan and Sarah farm using in-field conservation practices that reduce soil loss, increase soil health, reduce inputs, and provide forage for livestock. They also target edge-of-field conservation on marginal lands to provide water quality and wildlife benefits while improving return on investment on farmed acres.
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Soil Health Digital Cafe Series: Cover Crop/Soil Health On-Farm Research Partnership Between UNL and NRCS
The Current Webinar: Recreational Water Quality and Invasive Species
Creating and Maintaining Upland Habitat
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.