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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In addition to research presentations, there will be three panel sessions designed to stimulate ideas and discussion: A diverse panel of farmers will discuss important topics related to their unique farming systems and how current and future Hub-funded research can address these challenges. Opportunities and innovations in the supply chain will be the focus of […]
This webinar will present the station’s climate science portfolio, current research priorities, and a number of promising efforts to help curb the impacts of climate change to water, land, and people.
The design of urban stormwater practices has been under continuous evolution over the last five decades in response to new sizing criteria, flooding concerns, changing climate and practice failure. This webcast will look into the future about what the next generation of stormwater designs may look like, using bioretention and swales as case study. Future […]
During the webinar, WRF will share relevant information for state drinking water programs about their research efforts and projects on: Per- and polyfluorylalkyl substances (PFAS), Lead and copper, Harmful algal blooms (HABs), Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) and Premise plumbing. Register here.
Join CSWEA Wisconsin Watershed and Stormwater Committee and Marquette University for this webinar offering examples of WEF, regulatory agencies, wastewater utilities, and counties leading efforts to address the water quantity and quality challenges our communities face. Register here.
Presenter Eric Rortvedt, WDNR Water Resources Engineer, will go over the new WDNR technical standard of Proprietary Storm Water Filtration Devices (1010). These are commercially available flow-through devices to remove stormwater pollutants. They are generally below ground chambers with replaceable granular media cartridges or membranes. The potential use and general sizing of these devices to […]
Discovery Farms Programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota are excited to bring to you a virtual conference series this winter. Join them on seven Wednesdays for one hour each week as we cover topics like water quality, soil health, climate change, and more!
The meetings will include topics related to the value of soil organic matter and how to build it (Matt Ruark), lessons learned about corn nitrogen management in Wisconsin and the Midwest (Carrie Laboski), and challenges of liquid dairy manure management in Wisconsin (Francisco Arriaga).
Join other row crop and livestock farmers for a virtual cover crop boot camp. We’ll hear how cover crops can improve soil health, weed suppression, and opportunities for livestock grazing. Come and advance your understanding of how cover crops can work for you. Learn more here.
The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program is an important risk management tool for dairy producers from the USDA-Farm Service Agency. This voluntary insurance product allows producers to protect against low margins, specifically, the difference between the announced All Milk price and the calculated feed costs to produce milk.
Each week webinars will feature a topic related to organic grain production. Brief presentations will be followed by an open discussion. December 4 - Creating a profitable organic grain rotation through transition and beyond December 11 - Organic pea agronomy and markets December 18 - Managing through tough financial times and low organic grain prices January 8 - 60" […]
The Organic Dairy Systems Summit, hosted by the Milk Quality Improvement Program at Cornell University, will assess the challenges and opportunities currently facing the organic dairy industry. Topics include organic dairy research needs, state of the organic dairy industry, market outlook for the organic dairy industry, and challenges and opportunities facing producers, processors, and retailers […]
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