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.
Events Key
Extension Events
Partner Events
This webinar will discuss how and why to choose species of a cover crop mix and tools for deciding species and seeding rates. Topics discussed will also include how different cover crop species express themselves in a mix, fall vs spring growth, the importance of seeding date, and other management considerations. Practical considerations relevant to […]
This year’s Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference may look a little different, but it will still bring you the valuable content you have come to expect from this conference. Topics include moving forward through adversity, cover crops for weed management, growing small grains, and the economic and environmental benefits of rotational grazing. Learn more here.
The Cover Crops Research and Outreach Project (CCROP), UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agriculture, the UW-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program, and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute are pleased to offer three virtual lunch hour programs highlighting current cover crop and conservation research and outreach efforts around Wisconsin. The 3 programs are designed for farmers, agronomists, […]
This edition of the Producer-Led Webinar Series will cover agronomic and management considerations in planting corn into rye as well as planting corn into alfalfa. We will look at cover crop planting dates and seeding rates, herbicide programs, nitrogen management and more. Follow this link to learn more.
Using historical data from Vernon County, Adam Kramer, cofounder of Black Sand Granary LLC, will discuss the "why" behind using cover crops, fundamentals and logistics of aerial seeding, how to incorporate these practices into your current operation by being proactive, and funding opportunities. Information and registration here.
Join other Columbia County Farmers Union members at the Conservation Day by the Lake event to learn about the conservation initiatives going on in your area. A day of learning at Schoepp Farms! Featuring keynote speaker Rick Clark, a fifth generation farmer using no-till and cover crops on his 7000 acre farm in Warren Co. […]
Join us on July 1 from 1:00 p.m–-3:30 p.m. at Arlington Ag Research Station to visit our cover crop research plots, check equipment and exchange knowledge with University Specialists and fellow farmers adopting cover crops in their crop production systems. Participants are asked to meet at 12:45 p.m. at the Public Events Building at the […]
Come celebrate Conservation Observance Day on August 13 with 2020's conservation farmers of the year, Kevin and Carolyn Parr of Harmony Farms. Learn more about successful farming and managed grazing operations in addition learning how producers are protecting our natural resources. Topics and Speakers Animal Health: Will Winter, Thousand Hills Beef Cover Crops: Erin Silva, […]
Join Peninsula Pride Farms and the Door-Kewaunee Demonstration Farm Network for a field day. Speaker Rick Clark on the economic benefits of regenerative farming and planting green. Soil pit presentation by Jamie Patton, and rainfall simulator demonstration by Barry Bubolz. Info here.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension’s Badger Crop Connect, is finishing up the 2021 growing season with several webinars in September and October. This series provides agronomists, crop consultants and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin during the growing season. This session is on Winter Wheat and Soil Carbon: Randy Jackson presenting Are there […]
Visit Larry Knutson Farm for a field day about cover crops. Info here.
The National Cover Crop Summit returns, with another can't-miss lineup of today's most successful cover cropper adopters, researchers and agronomists sharing their best seeding strategies, grazing and feeding tips, variety selection secrets and more. Requiring no travel expense or time away from the office or farm, you will be able to participate from the comfort […]
Have a training you don’t see listed? Reach out to us and let us know.