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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Cover Crop Seeding Field Demonstration

Field is located 4 mi. South of Independence, WI. North of the intersection of HWY 93 & Co Road XX

Come see how simple cover crops can be! Farmers will demonstrate multiple planting methods: Fenning S2S Interseeder Custom made seeders Traditional seeders Broadcast seeders Don't miss the two guest speakers: • Gary Fennig, Fennig Equipment • Matt Oemichen, Short Lane Ag Supply

Adapting to Climate Change While Balancing Water and Air Resources with Farm Viability

Online

It is critical to maintain and support practices available to farms that help make them more resilient to the effects of a changing climate. Improved feed management has the capacity to save money through greater feed efficiency. Combining this with better manure management also offers farms the opportunity to better adapt to extreme weather, while […]

Free

Using the NRCS Solid-Liquid Separation Handbook

Online

NRCS developed a new technical document entitled “Solid-Liquid Separation Alternatives for Manure Handling and Treatment.” This document brings together both the theory behind solid-liquid separation and the practical application of many different separation technologies.

Free

Farmer Rancher Grant Writing

Online

This webinar will help guide participants through the process of submitting a grant proposal to NCR-SARE's Farmer Rancher grant program. Join Joan Benjamin, NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Program Coordinator, to learn how to write a strong proposal and project budget and where to get help. Join the webinar online here.

Free
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Environmental Workshop

These workshops are geared toward community leaders, local town and county officials, conservation specialists, dairy farmers, and area community members. Both workshops will feature an innovative manure applications panel, a producer-led watershed panel, in-field farm tours, and discussions on other relevant rural issues.

$30

Phenological Whiplash in Lakes

Online

This webinar will discuss how the increasing unpredictability of seasonal environmental cues in lakes will lead to mistimed ecological interactions and evolutionary selection pressures that may reduce the response diversity of ecosystems.

Free

Badger Crop Connect Webinar Series

Online

Badger Crop Connect is a new crop production webinar series developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Crops and Soils Program for the 2020 growing season. Badger Crop Connect’s goal is to bring agronomists, crops consultants and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin.

Free

Resilience and Soil Health

Online

The topic will be resilience and soil health and will feature Gregg Sanford of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this talk, Gregg will discuss the findings from this long-term analysis of perennial and diverse agroecosystems and their importance for farming in a changing climate. Register here.

Free

NASECA-WI Best Management Practices and Product Demonstrations for Erosion Control and Stormwater Management

Online

This popular annual event has been hosted since 2005 in partnership with the American Excelsior Company ErosionLab, located in Rice Lake, WI and is one of only a few erosion control testing laboratories in the U.S. We'll miss being in Rice Lake, but look forward to bringing you the same high-quality, low-cost education virtually this […]

$129

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