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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Do healthy soils grow healthier food?

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It seems logical that healthier soil could grow healthier food. But how do we measure this and demonstrate it scientifically? Exploring links between the nutrient density of food and the soil it was grown in remains a young field of study—we often have more questions than answers. The Bionutrient Institute is a collaborative project that […]

From intake to the tap

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Toxin-producing cyanobacteria blooms are a growing concern for water utilities that use surface water supplies across the country. To make informed decisions about how to limit exposure to cyanotoxins, water utilities need to understand (1) cyanotoxins occur; (2) their presence in a given water source, (3) management strategies to reduce cyanotoxins in source waters, and […]

Best management practices for pesticide applications

Online

To use pesticides legally and effectively, the first step is to identify the pest, then determine your pest management strategy. If a pesticide or mixture of pesticides is the best choice, the pest manager must read, understand, and follow the pesticide product’s label. This presentation will walk through a number of key label statements. Emphasis […]

Potato research field day

Hancock Agricultural Research Station

Come and network with growers and industry and get research updates on potato projects! Curious about what happens at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station? Come check us out and figure it out by yourself. It is even more interesting than you might think! Find more details here.

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Plant-insect interactions

Online

Plants have both beneficial and antagonistic relationships with insects: they rely on insects for pollination but also must contend with the numerous insects trying to eat them. This course will examine the interactions between plants and their insect pollinators and herbivores. We will survey the major groups of pollinators and herbivores, and discuss plant strategies for attracting […]

$110

Wildlife migration, monarch butterflies and you!

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Explore the role of citizen scientists in tracking the migration of monarchs, hummingbirds, Barn Swallows, Common Loons and other species across North America with Journey North. Learn how citizen scientists help to monitor the distribution and abundance of monarch larva and milkweed during the North American breeding season with the Monarch Larva Monitoring Program. Follow this link to […]

Pasture walk on grazing multi-species, EQIP fencing, organic transition

Learn about cell grazing with goats, silvopasture with goats, grazing stockers for added flexibility, second year out of organic soybean/corn rotation, bale grazing results from 150 bales over-winter, EQIP fencing discussion, fencing on rough terrain, finishing cattle on grass. Find out the details here.

Catching Carbon: Improving Soil, Navigating Markets

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The North Dakota Corn Utilization Council is proud to bring North Dakota corn producers a free workshop in-person at Hagge’s in Mapleton, ND on July 22 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CT and online. Learn more about the science behind carbon and practices for carbon capture. Take a look at new opportunities for low […]

What can we do about pesticide drift?

Online

What can you do when pesticide contamination from a neighboring farm threatens the health and financial viability of your farm? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , state and local agencies receive thousands of complaints about drifting pesticides each year. Follow this link to learn more.

Old lineage, new threats: The Ouachita map turtles of the Lower Wisconsin River

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Learn about some of the modern-day challenges to turtle nest survival, focusing on the map turtles of the Lower Wisconsin River, one of Wisconsin’s Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance. Independent research biologist Greg Geller will trace the development of an electric fence designed to increase nest success and relate its use in turtle conservation efforts. […]

Strip-till, no-till, animal integration, and solar field day

Join Chris Gunderson at his rolling 1,600 acre farm in Spring Valley, Minnesota to learn about his approach to controlling erosion and filtering and storing water with regenerative agriculture methods such as strip-tilling, no-till,and animal integration grazing cattle after corn harvest on his row crop fields. Find out more here.

Aligning mosquito control with pollinator protection

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Mosquitoes are a public health nuisance; not only can their obnoxious bites ruin your picnic, but the diseases they carry sicken millions of people across the globe every year. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District is the agency tasked with monitoring and controlling mosquitoes, ticks, and black flies in the Twin Cities. In this presentation learn […]

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