Conservation Professional Training ProgramConservation Professional Training ProgramLooking 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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Rotational grazing 100 Dairy Heifers on 80 acres for 6 months. May thru Oct. Corral design, using a pasture barrier between pasture fences and the woods, Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality Info here.
Celebrate the gastronomic experience and diverse cultural heritage of maize. Join our chefs as they conduct live recipe demonstrations and share their culinary knowledge. Info here.
The Sustainable Agronomy Conference will provide Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), Agri-Sales Professionals, and growers with the opportunity to more fully understand and implement sustainable agronomy in the field. Learn the drivers, economics, agronomics, environmental benefits, and implementation techniques of sustainable crop production. Economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable agronomy will be considered. Unlike other […]
Part of Badger Talks. Presented by Maria Redmond, Director of State of Wisconsin’s Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy & Dr. Missy Nergard, UW-Madison Director of Sustainability. Info here.
The “Blitz” recently celebrated its 5th anniversary with over 10,000 observations of monarchs and milkweed across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. This webinar presents the origins, present moment, and future plans of this trinational effort. Info here.
Whether you grow food, sell it, cook it, or just eat it—we all have a stake in gaining a deeper understanding of the links between soil health, plant health, and human health. The concept of nutrient-dense food has been growing in popularity for decades, but how do we actually define and quantify it? During this […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 10 - Prioritizing What Birds Prefer Info here.
Cover Crops are key to soil health at the Farley Center. Tour and discuss cover crop varieties and their uses in the field with the Farley Center's Farm Manager, Seth Riley. Rue Genger from UW Madison will also demonstrate a new walk-behind roller crimper designed by USDA inventor Ted Kornecki. The crimper is used for […]
Discover cutting-edge ideas, techniques and strategies from the most innovative, forward-thinking minds in strip-till to raise your level of strip-till profitability, efficiency and efficacy. The 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference will offer a mix of thought-provoking general sessions featuring top experts; profit-boosting Strip-Till Classrooms led by strip-till authorities, and interactive farmer-to-farmer Strip-Till Roundtables. Info here.
Do you care about sustainable agriculture and food security? Do you want to learn more about how the Farm Bill impacts those important issues? If so, the North Carolina Food System Advocacy Coalition’s Summer Farm Bill Series is right for you! Building from our Farm Storm last fall, we are holding three virtual sessions this […]
Women landowners and the Lorax are kindred tree-protecting spirits, although instead of Truffula Trees we embrace our Wisconsin species like Aspen, Sugar Maple and Red Pine. Woodlands offer unique opportunities as well as challenges to manage. In this session, we’ll be talking all things forest and how to develop a long-term conservation plan for your […]
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