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 the Numbers: Organic Dairy

Online

Thelma Heidel-Baker and Ricky Baker have a small, family-run, diversified organic dairy farm in the rolling hills of southeastern Wisconsin. For this field day, they'll share how they manage their grass-based, organic dairy.

Free

No-Till Oat and Rye Production

Online

This virtual farm tour will showcase both rye and oats in the field, and Martin will share the lessons he's learned about producing both crops, from no-till planting in soybean residue to harvesting and cleaning the product. 

Free

Interactive Map-Based Learning Experience for Manure and Soil Health

Online

The University of Nebraska and the University of Minnesota have partnered to develop an interactive experience for small groups to identify preferred manure application sites based upon soil health and other factors. This webinar will feature Rick Koelsch and Leslie Johnson from Nebraska Extension.

Free

Forest Woody Biomass Operations and Biomass Production

Dr. Anderson work is focused on three critical areas of bioenergy and bioproducts research and development: 1) sustainable and economically efficient forest biomass management and production systems, 2) competitive low-emissions biofuels and bioenergy conversion technologies deployed in the forest sector, and 3) information and tools for decision making and policy analysis related to forest biomass […]

Free

Creating and Maintaining Upland Habitat

Creating and maintaining upland habitat for wildlife is important to many landowners. This presentation will cover the habitat requirements of many upland wildlife species and how forestry practices can be used to improve their habitat.

Free

Tillage Management and Structural Conservation Practices

Online

In this webinar, the presenter will compare tillage management practices and structural conservation practices in use by growers in 2013-2016 to those in use in 2003-2006 to evaluate changes in practice adoption between the two time periods.

Free

Early Season Organic Weed Control

Online

In this virtual field day, Matt will show video of various passes of tine harrows and rotary hoes he made through the field earlier in June, and then we'll take a live look at the field.

Free

Cover Crops and Forage

Online

Get a first-hand view of how the De Bruin family farm integrates cover crops with their operation.

Free

Approaching Oats as a Cash Crop

Online

This virtual field day will showcase the steps Scott has taken to step up oat production on his organic crop and livestock farm, including his participation in a cooperator trial for better oat variety selection. 

Free

Impact of Roller-Crimping Cereal Rye + Live Weed Zapper Demonstration

Online

Levi will show us the field where he previously roller-crimped a cereal rye cover crop and planted soybeans. He will also demonstrate the Weed Zapper, which uses electricity to kill weed escapes that have grown taller than the soybean canopy. In lieu of traditional cultivation, both roller-crimping cover crops and zapping weeds are part of […]

Free

The Pros and Cons of Insurance Pest Management: The New IPM

Online

Although corn and soybean variety improvements (including GM crops) and reductions in pest pressures have combined to simplify crop production and improve yields, the adoption of pest management technologies - including chemical pesticides - is higher and more uniform than ever in these cropping systems. The key advantages of these approaches are convenience and simplicity, […]

Free

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