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This edition of the Soil Health Digital Cafe Series will feature Anna Cates, State Soil Health Specialist with the Minnesota Office of Soil Health, and Hava Blair, Graduate Student at the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate and will focus on sharing soil health data with reproducible reports.
The soil health nexus for their soil health digital cafe series. Can health of a degraded soil be regenerated? We use the term 'regenerative agriculture,' but what does it mean and does science suggest degraded soils can realistically be brought back to original productivity levels? If it can, how long will it take? Tune in […]
The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region discussing the latest soil health research, resources, and news.
This webinar will explain the development of the On-Farm Research Partnership between the NRCS and the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network and how it is used to collect production and soil data from NRCS Soil Health Demonstration Sites across Nebraska.
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.
Crop rotational planning is the most universal and powerful tool available to farmers. Rotations can be used to address weed, disease, and insect issues and also provide the opportunity to improve soils and improve the ecosystem. All of this improves profitability Register here.
The topic will be resilience and soil health and will feature Gregg Sanford of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this talk, Gregg will discuss the findings from this long-term analysis of perennial and diverse agroecosystems and their importance for farming in a changing climate. Register here.
There is a lot of focus on soil organic matter levels, but what if the flow of carbon through the soil is just as important for soil health? What if this flow is more important? Building and maintaining soil organic matter levels can be a long, slow process. Similarly, maintaining large warehouse inventory is expensive. […]
The January Soil Health Digital Cafe will feature Dr. Jason Rowntree of Michigan State University. He is leading research on regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration using Adaptive Multi-paddock grazing. He is looking for answers to the current debate - do cattle help or hurt the environment. He will present five years of research evaluating various […]
The March Soil Health Digital Cafe will feature Brian Doughtry from Iowa State University, where he will discuss how different management practices affect soil health corn and soybean systems. For more information, visit this website.
The Soil Health Exchange is a new discussion forum by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. It offers a unique opportunity for producers and agricultural stakeholders to engage directly with soil health experts. This forum aims to bridge the gap between research and practical field application, providing a platform for sharing knowledge, answering questions, providing solutions to […]
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