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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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Cover Crops are key to soil health at the Farley Center. Tour and discuss cover crop varieties and their uses in the field with the Farley Center's Farm Manager, Seth Riley. Rue Genger from UW Madison will also demonstrate a new walk-behind roller crimper designed by USDA inventor Ted Kornecki. The crimper is used for […]
Discover cutting-edge ideas, techniques and strategies from the most innovative, forward-thinking minds in strip-till to raise your level of strip-till profitability, efficiency and efficacy. The 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference will offer a mix of thought-provoking general sessions featuring top experts; profit-boosting Strip-Till Classrooms led by strip-till authorities, and interactive farmer-to-farmer Strip-Till Roundtables. Info here.
Do you care about sustainable agriculture and food security? Do you want to learn more about how the Farm Bill impacts those important issues? If so, the North Carolina Food System Advocacy Coalition’s Summer Farm Bill Series is right for you! Building from our Farm Storm last fall, we are holding three virtual sessions this […]
Women landowners and the Lorax are kindred tree-protecting spirits, although instead of Truffula Trees we embrace our Wisconsin species like Aspen, Sugar Maple and Red Pine. Woodlands offer unique opportunities as well as challenges to manage. In this session, we’ll be talking all things forest and how to develop a long-term conservation plan for your […]
Farmers across the Wisconsin are evaluating how they might adopt and expand farming practices that affect the quality of soil and water and address climate mitigation. Wisconsin Farmers Union, Chippewa County Farm Bureau, Chippewa County Land Conservation, and the Chippewa County Farmers Union are hosting a conversation about farmer-led watershed councils and incentive programs. Info […]
This course is a practical field-oriented guide to wetland delineation. Wetland delineation is the practice of locating the boundary between what is a wetland, and thus regulated by state and federal law, and what is upland. We will discuss what determines a wetland and how to identify and document wetland vegetation, soils and hydrology during […]
This year’s conference theme, “Elevating Conservation to New Heights,” embraces the mountainous region of the location while emphasizing the shared vision held by conservationists around the world to scale our work, repair ecosystems, and create resilient working lands. This year’s event is situated on the Front Range, where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains and […]
This month's Algal Bloom Action Team webinar focuses on the removal of cyanobacterial blooms. Presenters, Dr. Halis Simsek and Dr. Pankaj Bhatt discuss the HABs research being conducted in their lab at Purdue University. More specifically, how cyanophages interact with the cyanobacteria and how this knowledge is applied to remove blooms. Info here.
Join the AgriSolar Clearinghouse and Connexus Energy for a multi-site tour of Minnesota agrivoltaic sites. The second stop on our Follow the Sun tour will feature a variety of agrisolar sites near Ramsey, Minnesota. Info here.
Come learn about wolf ecology, wolf monitoring, and the latest issues around wolf policy from Wisconsin wolf experts Adrian Wydeven and Peter David at Forest Lodge near Cable. Our topics in the afternoon and the following morning will include presentations and discussions on wolf ecology and Wisconsin wolf policy. Join us to learn about wolf […]
America’s farm and ranch lands are rapidly disappearing, threatening our rural communities and agricultural economy, jeopardizing future food security, and increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events. Wisconsin faces a choice: let poorly planned development of this vulnerable resource continue or work to safeguard more farmland through better land-use planning and additional farmland protection tools. Farms […]
Field Day August 4th--Sustainability 3.0: Innovations for the Innovators, joint-hosted by MFAI, the Nature Conservancy, and the Racine County Producer-Led Watershed group. Jim Stute of the watershed group will present the results of his study band-applying gypsum to alleviate soil crusting in no-till corn. MFAI agroecologist Nicole Tautges will demonstrate Kernza, the first perennial grains […]
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