New and Emerging Cover Crops Winter Series
Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Partnership is hosting a four-part winter series focused on New and Emerging Cover Crops.
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Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Partnership is hosting a four-part winter series focused on New and Emerging Cover Crops.
The goal of this training is to provide service providers the knowledge and skills to utilize this tool and engage the farmers they work in conversations regarding the economics of raising livestock on pasture. Join other agency staff and grazing advocates for this engaging training. Agenda: - Introductions - Farmer Panel: Mike Redetzke - Peaceful […]
This session is part of the 2022-2023 Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Network Forum and Listening Sessions. Join National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to address the question: What will it take to accelerate wetlands restoration, creation, and enhancement in the region’s varied agricultural landscapes? Info here.
This session is part of the 2022-2023 Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Network Forum and Listening Sessions. Join National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to address the question: How can we leverage our collective knowledge and experience supporting agricultural water quality improvement towards achieving a more holistic approach to regenerative and climate-smart agriculture, farm-scale greenhouse gas reduction, and agricultural […]
Great Plains Growers Conference is for commercial fruit and vegetable producers from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and other midwest states. It provides research-based information, from both vegetable research specialists and local growers, to help your farms grow and thrive. This conference will be held in St. Joseph, Missouri. Tracks include vegetable production, small fruit and tree […]
Amphipods are important wetland invertebrates that indicate water quality and healthy aquatic plant habitats and are a key food for waterfowl. Our research will describe new findings relating amphipods to plant diversity, nuisance wetland fishes, insecticide contamination, and waterfowl wetland use. We also share our experimental attempts to ‘stock’ or do ‘conservation translocation’ of amphipods […]
The Oneida County Land & Water Conservation Department has announced its final stream crossing workshop to be held on January 17, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. This workshop is the culminating event for our 3-year stream crossing project, which collected data on fish passability, culvert condition, stream crossing erosion, and native mussels. Staff will highlight stream […]
Join FACT and Margaret Krome, an experienced grant writer with the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, to learn how to succeed at using federal programs to support your farm or sustainable agriculture initiatives, including loans, grants and cost share programs. Info here.
The Midwest Cover Crops Council seeks to significantly increase the amount of continuous living cover on the Upper Midwestern agricultural landscape. From cities to the countryside, this transition in landscape design will produce numerous ecological benefits, including improvements in water, air and soil quality. As the public grows increasingly aware of our collective ecological footprint […]
When planning a regenerative grazing system, the rest and recovery pastures receive is as important as the time animals spend in a paddock. During this session, we will cover the basics of rotational grazing, the math you can use to determine carrying capacity of your pastures, and cost-effective steps you can take to improve your […]
The enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) opens a new chapter in the transition to a clean energy future. Departing from its own history of advancing incremental, bite-sized initiatives to advance clean energy at the margins, Congress stepped up and delivered sweeping legislation commensurate with the climate challenge at hand. The IRA provides a […]
A panel of experts and practitioners in the field of Ecological Restoration will discuss the planning and management of midwestern ecosystems (woodlands, savannas, prairies, and wetlands) in light of the reality of climate change. The panelists will give short presentations on the different ecosystems. We will take both questions and comments from the audience to […]
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