Conservation Calendar

Looking to stay up to date on your CEUs? Have producers asking conservation-specific questions you don’t feel confident answering? Looking to host a training and want to avoid conflicts for your audience? You have come to the right place.

Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.

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Wetlands Key to Middle Cedar Watershed

Online

The virtual field day will highlight public and private partnerships working together to implement wetlands to reduce flooding and improve water quality in the Middle Cedar Watershed and beyond. Learn more here.

Free

Drought Calendars for Specialty Crops

Online

This webinar will highlight a recent project engaging specialty crop growers in the Midwest to better understand the seasonality of their decisions and drought information needs. The project has resulted in graphical decision calendars for grape, apple, cranberry, and irrigated potato production.

Free

Northeast Wisconsin Virtual Field Tours

Online

You’ll get to learn about five amazing conservation projects happening across northeast Wisconsin! The event will include five short videos, each featuring different regional projects and the opportunity to interact with the project partners about wetlands, wild rice, waterfowl, and more. Learn more here.

Free

Soil Health Management Summit

Online

The Soil Management Summit planning committee wants to ensure the health and wellbeing of our participants, vendors, and everyone else involved in the summit's production while maintaining the high standard of programmatic content the event has provided over the years. As the COVID-19 situation has evolved, we have made the difficult decision that this event will be offered online […]

$50

Rotations and Management Strategies in Organic High Tunnels

Online

This webinar will discuss opportunities to include cover crops in high tunnel rotations and the potential impacts. Focused on organic management of high tunnels, we will discuss rotations and the use of cover crops. Speakers will describe crop rotations from their respective regions and impacts on weeds and disease management. Participants will learn about the […]

Free

Just-in-Time Soil Health

Online

There is a lot of focus on soil organic matter levels, but what if the flow of carbon through the soil is just as important for soil health? What if this flow is more important? Building and maintaining soil organic matter levels can be a long, slow process. Similarly, maintaining large warehouse inventory is expensive. […]

Free

Scaling-Up Soil Health with Featherstone Farm

Online

Featherstone Farm is one of the largest, longest-standing fresh market certified organic vegetable farms in MN. Join Jack Hedin and Abby Benson as they share insights they have learned over the years and strategies they use to care for their soil. Come with ideas and questions about scaling-up soil health. Register here.

Free

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2021 Virtual Nutrient Management Training for Wisconsin Farmers

Online

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Nutrient and Pest Management Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison) is offering a virtual training for farmers interested in writing their own nutrient management plans. This training will provide the basics of nutrient management including why use nutrient management, how to soil sample, soil test interpretation, soil pH management, manure and […]

Free

Harmful Algal Bloom Research Symposium

Online

The event will gather developing research regarding harmful algal blooms (HABs) and provide a space to discuss how to improve outreach and engagement to stakeholders impacted by HABs. Topics will cover state and regional HAB responses, as well as research that covers HABs impacts on animal and human health. The symposium will also feature research […]

Free

Grazing for Profit

Online

Grazing livestock can be a profitable endeavor on par or exceeding the returns from other agricultural enterprises. Aaron Pape, grazier and Farm Business Instructor for Northeast WI Technical College, will demonstrate how management choices like extended grazing, winder feeding strategies, overheads, and enterprise selection impact the farm's finances. Register here.

Free

Building and Navigating Organic Matter in Various Soil Types

Online

Tiffany LaShae has farmed all around the world, from rural Wisconsin to St. Paul to Uganda and Ghana. She has worked with soils ranging from less than 1% to 8% organic matter and has gained insight into growing vegetables successfully and sustainably in a wide variety of conditions. Join Tiffany to learn about her experiences, and to […]

Free

National Grazing Lands Coalition’s Quarterly Roundtable Discussion

Online

This Zoom meeting will be a great opportunity to learn about what the National Grazing Land Coalition (NatGLC) has been up to, ask grazing related questions, network with other graziers from around the country, and let the NatGLC know what successes, challenges, and/or ideas you might have! Register here.

Free

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