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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Turf Reinforcement Mats

Online

Riley Stenzel from the American Excelsior Company will talk about the different permanent erosion blankets out there and what they can hold up to. The second part of the presentation will cover uses of coir logs, including filtering water, damming water, and bank protection.  PDHs and 1.5 Soil and Water Management CEUs will be offered. Register here […]

Free

Cover Crop Tech Field Day

Hildebrandt Farms (Across from W4588 County Road ME) w4588 County Road ME Hustisford, WI 53034 Across from W4588 County Road ME, Hustisford, WI

Field demonstrations and drill calibration examples include: No-till planters Vertical tillage Air seeders Drill calibration

Producer-Led Webinar: No-Tilling in Heavy Red Clays

Online

Live from Redline Dairy Farm LLC in Belgium, Wisconsin, Matt Winker will discuss no-tilling for the past seven years in heavy red clay soils that make-up their farmland.

Free

Manure Composting Workshop

Online

Online content and videos will be posted on August 4.  There will be a live online discussion on August 11.  This training will cover every aspect of turning manure into compost and using it as a soil amendment. The following topics will be covered: Live discussion with producers Site selection and regulations Composting process Turning […]

Free

Silvopasture & Supply Chain Food Safety for Beginning and ESL Farmers

Online

Topics include how to safely incorporate livestock and tree crop production, food safety best practices and common questions for beginning and ESL farmers, and how we can work towards a justice-oriented, safer food system. Register here.

Free

Organic Field Day: Organic Corn, Soybeans, & More

Online

Join us for an Organic Field Day focused on organic corn, soybeans, and insights from the 2020 crop year. You’ll see organic and transition crops, hear about boundary-pushing new approaches, and learn how to take control of your profits with organic farming. Register here.

Free

Pheasant Branch Conservancy: Protect, Restore, Preserve

Online

We'll hear from representatives of the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Dane County, and City of Middleton about the recently purchased, 160-acre farm directly north of Pheasant Branch Conservancy.

Free

Badger Crop Connect

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. This bi-weekly webinar is planned to continue through September. Webinars will have CCA CEUs […]

Free

Measures of Soil Carbon Cycling and Storage

Online

In this presentation, the Soil Health Institute will focus on explaining measurements and assessments of soil health associated with soil-carbon dynamics.

Free

NFSAM Circular Guidance on Joint Agency Memorandum to the Field for Food Security Act and Clean Water Act Implementation

Online

Participate in this training to learn about NRCS staff responsibilities from the Agency signing the 2020 Memorandum to the Field with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency. The presentation will discuss the Memorandum to the Field concerning the implementation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the Wetland Conservation […]

Free

Wheat: A Gateway Crop to Soil Health, Resilience, and More

Online

Adding wheat (or other small grains) into crop rotations opens the door to possibility. Not only do these crops invite you to plant a diverse cover crop and graze it, adding a small-grain crop can lay the foundation for a transition to organic. Managed properly, these possibilities can result in net profit. While some think […]

Free

The Impact of Climate Change on the Great Lakes

Explore the impacts of changing weather and climatic patterns on the Great Lakes and specifically on the Lake Michigan migratory flyway. Our keynote will provide an overarching overview of the climate crisis and our panel of experts will provide the most recent scientific data. Our interactive afternoon session with LMS practitioners will provide the tools […]

Free

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