How's My Waterway
2022-01-20 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | WI
How’s My Waterway has added several new features over the past year that will be featured in this webcast. Communities use How’s My Waterway to learn about their watershed. When a watershed is shown to have pollution or other issues, it inspires people to get involved to protect and restore their waterways. By displaying all the information visually, it gives this data more perspective and transparency which results in the drive for change and innovation.
How’s My Waterway answers questions about the health of waters in supporting swimming, the eating of fish, drinking water protection and delivery, the health of aquatic communities, and the restoration and protection of waterways. The public has access to water information in their community, state and at a national level.
Info here.

Solar Pollinator Habitat Discovery
2022-01-20 15:00 - 16:00
Warren County SWCD (OH) will describe their new pollinator habitat garden and walking trail. The trails surround a solar panel farm and contain seven self-guided interactive learning stations for local families to learn more about the science behind pollinators and solar power.
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Cleanout for Lagoons and Anaerobic Digesters
2022-01-21 13:30 - 14:30
Lagoons and digesters are efficient components to help treat manures and realize an economic revenue. However, they have to be maintained regularly through cleanout by removing sludge to ensure enough treatment volume is available. Cleanout requires planning to ensure reasonable cost, structural integrity, and efficient use of sludge nutrients. In this webinar, presenters will share their expertise in sampling and cleanout for lagoons and anaerobic digesters and considerations in planning these operations.
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Indigenous Food Ways with Dan Cornelius, UW Madison Law School
2022-01-22 10:00 - 11:30
“Indigenous Foodways” grows out of Cornelius’s work with the Intertribal Agricultural Council to bring a diverse array of historic seeds back to indigenous communities, to reconnect with the land through what we eat. Since 2019 cross campus collaborations have resulted in the establishment of an Indigenous Research Garden and sugarbush at the Arboretum. These collaborations are part of a larger effort to better incorporate indigenous perspectives and practices into the campus landscape and course curriculum. His focus is the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples prior to European colonization.
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WI Salt Awareness Week 2022
2022-01-24 - 2022-01-28
Join Wisconsin Salt Wise for the full, SALTY week!
Info here.

Dive into the gene pool: Using environmental DNA to detect invasive species
2022-01-24 08:00 - 09:00
How can you find an aquatic invasive species that you can’t see? You sample the water where it might be and search for its DNA instead! Join Nick Frohnauer of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kim Scribner and John Robinson from Michigan State University to learn about this fascinating technique that researchers are using to detect invasive carp and other aquatic invasive species before they become established in the Great Lakes region.
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National Climate Assessment: Midwest Chapter Engagement Workshop
2022-01-24 09:00 - 13:30
The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States.
To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment, USGCRP and the author teams will be hosting a series of virtual public engagement workshops. The purpose of the public engagement workshops is to:
Provide an overview of USGCRP and the National Climate Assessment development process, including other opportunities for public engagement
Allow members of the public and assessment authors an opportunity to discuss proposed key topics, identify priority issues relevant to the chapter, and share resources
Give NCA chapter authors an understanding of how workshop participants use assessments, and what could be done to make the NCA more useful for decision-making
The workshop will include a plenary session that provides an overview of the assessment and an introduction to the chapter. In breakout sessions, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the chapter’s key topics and their own priorities with chapter authors.
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Sheep and goat grazing/browsing
2022-01-24 13:00 - 14:00
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Pesticide Applicator Training Program
2022-01-25 09:00 - 12:30
The UW Pesticide Applicator Training Program has created multiple formats for private applicator trainings to address increased training demand.
A private applicator is someone that applies restricted use pesticides to produce an agricultural commodity on their own property or the property owned or rented by an employer. Examples of agricultural commodities are grain and forage crops, fruit crops or horticulture products. A restricted use pesticide can be identified by checking the label of the product you wish to use.
A Private Applicator Certification is valid for 5 years. There are three steps toward certification: purchasing the training manual, training and taking the test.
Info here.

2022 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum
2022-01-25 10:00 - 16:00
2022 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum Presentations
Paul Mitchell – Farm Income Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video
John Heinberg – Grain Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video
Tamas Houlihan – Specialty Crops Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video
Mark Stephenson – Dairy Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video
Brenda Boetel – Livestock and Meat Situation & Outlook – PDF – Video
Chris Kucharik – Agriculture, Nitrogen, and Water Quality in Wisconsin – PDF – Video
Matt Ruark – Water Quality Lessons Learned from Discovery Farms – PDF – Video
John Exo – Extension’s Contributions to Improving Water Quality – PDF – Video
Mike Tiboris – Water Quality Efforts: River Alliance of Wisconsin – PDF – Video
Jeff Endres – Water Quality Efforts: Endres Berryridge Farms and Yahara Pride Farms – PDF – Video
Jeremie Pavelski – Water Quality Efforts: Heartland Farms – PDF – Video
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Basics of Timber Basis: Re(setting) the Table
2022-01-25 12:00 - 13:00
Join this webinar to learn more about one of the most important financial aspects of timber management that often goes unnoticed or underappreciated. Timber basis is how much you have invested in the timber, and it is used to determine net taxable income. It can be applied to reduce taxable income, financial losses after a storm and more.
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Evaluating Air Quality Resource Concerns
2022-01-25 13:00 - 14:00
Join us as we discuss how to identify air quality resource concerns and effective mitigation strategies to address observed air quality resource concerns.
During this webinar, air quality resource concerns and resource concern components will be highlighted. The NRCS air quality resource concerns can be broadly categorized as particulate matter (such as dust or smoke) and gases that create particles in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases, odors, airborne reactive nitrogen, and ozone precursors (gases that form smog). These emissions can be produced by common agricultural sources, such as livestock and their activity; tillage, harvesting, and other field operations; irrigation engines and other combustion devices; nitrogen fertilizer use; and others. There will be an overview of the air quality resource concerns and their components, discussion of how to evaluate each component to determine if a resource concern exists, identification of the conservation practices available for addressing each resource concern component, and strategies for ensuring that air quality resource concerns are adequately addressed.
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The Monarch Migrating Mural Project
2022-01-25 13:00 - 14:00
Jane will discuss her ongoing Monarch Migrating Mural campaign, a series of public installations that highlight monarchs along their migration corridors, and the habitat conservation actions the campaign has inspired.
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Social Media Training for Farmers
2022-01-25 15:00 - 17:00
Using social media can be a valuable and cost effective way to drive business for your farm—join this workshop to pick up some communications tips and have an opportunity to ask questions regarding your farm’s online presence. During this workshop, Bilal Sarwari will invite you to consider general guidelines when building out your farm’s social media presence while prioritizing your time and emotional health. Bilal is an advocate for farmers and ranchers who believes in centering human health in agriculture. He has worked as a therapeutic gardener at a psychiatric health clinic, an organic vegetable farmer in the Deep South, and a communications manager for an agricultural nonprofit.
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Northern Soil Compaction Conference
2022-01-26 - 2022-01-27
Every operation on agricultural fields has the risk to cause compaction and drag down your yields and profit. Making each pass work for you is essential for maximizing your crop productivity year after year.
Join us at the Northern Soil Compaction Conference on January 26-27, 2022 for the latest in technical advice for alleviating your current compaction, building proven strategies to minimize your risk in the future, and the benefits you can expect.
A total of 5.5 CEUs will be available for Certified Crop Advisors (4.5 SW and 1 NM).
Info here.

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Webinar Series
2022-02-01 12:00 - 14:30
You are invited to attend the Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Webinar Series – a five-part webinar series on assessing and enhancing coastal wetland resilience between February 1 and March 2, 2022. The webinars will be held virtually via Zoom.
Please register for each session separately by clicking the registration links to secure a spot or send a quick note to Sharon.Lam@trca.ca to register for all five webinars.

Session 1: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin and Coastal Wetland Response Modelling
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 (1:00-3:30 EST) Registration Link
Session 2: Assessing Coastal Wetland Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, and Climate Change Vulnerability
Thursday, February 3, 2022 (1:00-3:30 EST) Registration Link
Session 3: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 1) – Reducing Non-climatic Stressors, Enhancing Adaptive Capacity, and Protecting Littoral Cell Geodiversity and Barrier Landforms
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (1:00-3:30 EST) Registration Link
Session 4: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 2) – Coping with Lake Level Extremes, Managing Diked Wetlands, and Restoring Biodiversity
Thursday, February 17, 2022 (1:00-3:30 EST) Registration Link
Session 5: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 3) – Identifying Climate Refugia, Advancing Wetland Conservation and Protection, and Climate Adaptation Funding Opportunities
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (1:00-3:30 EST) Registration Link

Public Meetings on the Proposed Changes to Agricultural Water Requirements in the Produce Safety Rule
2022-02-07
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be holding two virtual public meetings on the recently released proposed rule “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Relating to Agricultural Water.” The purpose of the public meetings is to discuss the proposed rule, which was issued under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. These public meetings are intended to facilitate and support the public’s evaluation and commenting process on the proposed rule.
The public meetings will be held according to the schedule below. The times for each meeting have been adjusted to provide persons in different regions of the country an opportunity to comment.
Info here.

Manure Management & Greenhouse Gases: Focus on reducing manure emissions with "Cover+Flare"
2022-02-08 08:00 - 10:00
LEARN: how farms can help reduce methane (CH4) in livestock manure systems– by installing a cover and flare on liquid manure storage systems (and destroying the methane – a potent GHG).
Info here.

Keeping More of Your Timber Income Following a Timber Sale
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00
Learn about one of the top ways forest landowners save taxes—receiving capital gain treatment on timber sales. A landowner may only sell their timber a few times in their life but understanding how to maximize profit and minimize taxes when harvesting takes some thought. Join this presentation for a detailed discussion of how to qualify for capital gain treatment under IRC 631(a) & (b), recordkeeping tips, and proper tax reporting. Tax treatments of cost-sharing payments will also be covered briefly.
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Why Soil Health Matters
2022-02-08 18:00 - 19:30
Join NCAT’s Felicia Bell and Mississippi farmer Jody Reyer for this virtual workshop. Jody will share ways he has improved the health of his soil through livestock management. Jody raises Piney Woods Cattle and utilizes rotational grazing to build soil health profitably. Hear from Jody why soil health is so important to his operation, and learn the wisdom he has gained from years of on-the-ground experience.
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Conversations About Conservation: Purple loosestrife bio-control
2022-02-08 18:30 - 19:30
The Upper Sugar River Watershed Association is involved in purple loosestrife control efforts. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has developed a program to engage citizens in this work, especially through rearing and releasing biological control insects. Conservationists have found this project to be a practical undertaking for communities and the basis for more effective teaching about plants, insects, invasive species, and wetland ecology. The project supplies a crucial step in turning the tide of an invasive while engaging environmentally active citizens.
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The Botany of Beverages
2022-02-08 18:30 - 2022-02-09 19:30
Plants and plant products are the basis for most of the beverages we drink. In “The Botany of Beverages,” Dr. Christopher Tyrrell (Milwaukee Public Museum) will share with us some of the ups and downs of why we wet our whistles with this plant gunk. So come imbibe some knowledge of familiar and not-so-familiar drinks and the botany within them.
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Organic Grain Conference
2022-02-09 - 2022-02-10
Shifting markets… Changing consumer preferences… Increased input prices… Unpredictable weather… What’s next?
Every hurdle encountered offers an opportunity. Join us as we explore challenges and opportunities across the organic grain value chain.
Info here.

NASECA Annual Conference & Trade Show
2022-02-09 - 2022-02-10
Each year, NASECA-WI hosts the state’s largest event focused solely on erosion control and stormwater management. NASECA-WI strives to offer topics that enhance attendees professional development including a mix of regulatory topics, best management practices, project reviews, and other industry information.
Info here.

2022 INDUSTRIAL HEMP FORUM
2022-02-09 09:00 - 12:00
Forum topics include updates on the MDA’s hemp licensing requirements, the new inspection requirements for those processing hemp into other products, and opportunities in fiber production.
Info here.

Soil Health Expo
2022-02-09 10:00 - 11:00
Registration for the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil – Healthy Water Group’s 6th Annual Soil Health Expo is open! Please see the attached flyer for more information on the event. We will have Gabe Brown, soil health guru and farmer from North Dakota along with Dr. Rodrigo Werle from UW-Extension discussing how to make soil health practices a success on your farm. That along with some testimonies from local farmers and the successes they have had with cover crops and reduced tillage. Topics will include the benefits of soil health, using cover crops as a way to suppress weeds, as well as hearing how local farmers have found success with soil health on their farms.
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Growth Stages of Mid-Atlantic Grain Crops
2022-02-09 16:30 - 17:30
Grain crops in the Mid-Atlantic include corn, small grains, sorghum, and soybeans. The correct identification of their growth stages is important when scouting for disease, insect, and fertility issues. There is enough overlap in terminology and growth to quickly become an expert.
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Organic Confluences Conference: Equity and Access in AgTech
2022-02-10
The conferences will examine potential opportunities for technology to support the organic sector, pitfalls when it comes to access and equity in AgTech, historical and current examples of AgTech exacerbating the pre-existing structures of racism in the food system, and methods for analyzing AgTech’s fit within organic ideals.
Info here.

Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grants Annual Workshop
2022-02-10
The Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grants Annual Workshop is for Producer-Led grant recipients throughout the state to network, brainstorm, share success stories and learn from each other on what works and hasn’t in their watershed projects. This year, we will highlight topics including the financials of soil health systems and examples of conservation partnerships, in addition to an organized brainstorming and listening session.
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Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
2022-02-10 07:30 - 12:30
Free training for winter maintenance professionals who remove snow, apply road salt or maintain snow removal equipment used on roads.
Learn how using the right amount of salt can save time, budget and our waters.
The training will include: best management practices to keep paved areas safe, benefits of using a liquid salt system, guidance on how to determine the right amount of salt to use, and case studies from local applicators.
Info here.
