The Strategic Farming webinar series will provide up to date, research based information to help you optimize your crop management strategies for 2023. Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with you as you go about your day. These online sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic. Join Dr. Bob Koch, Extension entomologist, as he discusses new and insect pests in soybean.

The Strategic Farming webinar series will provide up to date, research based information to help you optimize your crop management strategies for 2023. Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with you as you go about your day. These online sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic. Spring 2023 will soon be here! Join us as we discuss planting preparations. 

The Strategic Farming webinar series will provide up to date, research based information to help you optimize your crop management strategies for 2023. Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with you as you go about your day. These online sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic.

This training series is intended to provide an introduction to organic systems, including basic principles of organic production; the organic certification process; organic regulations and areas of alignment with NRCS practices; and challenges and opportunities in organic production. Attendees are encouraged to attend all three sessions. In the first session of the series, we will define what “organic” means and the basic principles of organic agriculture.

Join us for this webinar during which we will discuss how The Organic Center facilitates research. Recent findings and future priority areas will also be highlighted.

This Tech Talk highlights the revisions to the Native Vegetation Establishment and Enhancement Guidelines including:
•    A walk-through of the new and improved web-based format
•    Exceptions and applicability with BWSR Programs
•    Seed quality and sourcing
•    Climate change considerations
•    Seed mixes and related resources
BWSR presenters are Dan Shaw, Brad Wozney, and Suzanne Rhees.
 

Join us as we introduce Conservation Practice Standard 381, Silvopasture, and how is it used by NRCS. Experts will describe in detail what is Silvopasture and what it is not and discuss the key steps and considerations in the establishment and maintenance of a Silvopasture System. The Standard, Planning Criteria and CART process will be highlighted.

This training series is intended to provide an introduction to organic systems, including basic principles of organic production; the organic certification process; organic regulations and areas of alignment with NRCS practices; and challenges and opportunities in organic production. Attendees are encouraged to attend all three sessions. In the first session of the series, we will define what “organic” means and the basic principles of organic agriculture.

Join us for this webinar during which we will discuss weed management in organic agriculture and highlight soil friendly approaches to help maintain sufficient weed suppression and satisfactory organic yields. Weeds pose the #1 production hurdle to successful organic farming, and organic producers continually seek to optimize their weed management system for both soil health and production.

Restoring prairie from cropland has well-known benefits to soil health – at least to the soil directly underneath the prairie.  How might prairie strips, or contour plantings of native prairie species embedded in row crop fields, affect the surrounding soil and crops? This Digital Café will feature Dr. Marshall McDaniel, Associate Professor at Iowa State University, who will discuss this question and provide key answers.