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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Soil Health for Fruit and Vegetable Growers With sessions on Practices for Fruits and Vegetables, Nutrient Management, Food Safety while Incorporating Livestock, Programs & Resources, Perennial Fruit & Nuts, No-Till for Vegetables, the Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program and more. Soil Health for Crop and Livestock Farmers With sessions on Seasonal Grazing Enterprises, Wide Row Corn, Silvopasture, No-Till, […]
During this seminar, we will analyze two case studies involving pXRF application to urban forest and garden soils from scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Vermont. Then we will learn how to conduct pXRF analyses safely, improve accuracy and precision during use and conclude with an open discussion. Info here.
We are seeing more and more evidence that shows the important role that biology plays in crop health and quality. We now know that biology in the soil can deliver more of the crop’s nutrients than we expect and that key realization is being too often ignored. But for our crops to take advantage of […]
Meet corn and soybean farmer, Rick Clark, who farms 7,000 acres in Indiana. Rick is quickly becoming a big name in agriculture because he provides simple explanations and clearly lays out his system of how he has increased farm profit and farm health by controlling his input costs and improved his soil's resilience. This event […]
Rural landscapes are complex physical and biological systems integrating cropland, forestland and riparian zones, crop rotations and nutrient cycling, a balance of pests and pathogens, and other interactions. Many producers seek to redesign their cropping systems guided by agro-ecological principles whereby soil health and ecological services accumulate in mutually supportive ways. They are actively involved […]
Soil health has emerged as a central theme in conversations about the future of American agriculture. Soils have become a focal topic due to new scientific understanding, the application of emerging technologies, and a growing interest among producers and policymakers in improving climate resilience and mitigating emissions. The 2022 Soil Health Innovations Conference: Soil for […]
This online training will cover the basic concepts of soil fertility management in Wisconsin and is meant to cover the material required to write your own nutrient management plan for your farm. This is a 5 hour class and will be taught via presentations shared over Zoom. All the classes are identical and you only […]
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Location: Manitowoc, WI Join the Manitowoc County Forage Council at the Farm WI Discovery Center. 10:00 Welcome and Introductions Soil Health: How to measure it, Why it’s important, & How it ties to profitability with the Manitowoc County Soil and Water Conservation Department Balancing Phosphorus Trade-Offs & Timing with Chelsea Zegler Ag […]
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