The purpose of the PTMApp Learning Center is to provide training and education materials through videos and recorded webinars that users can easily access.

Groundwater Basics is an online course for independent learning. You will learn fundamentals of groundwater science and principles for communicating about groundwater science with a general audience. The course is designed for water resource managers and planners within local governments and their partners. The material is also intended for decision makers at the local level, such as county board members.

Fabian Fernandez, Nutrient Management Specialist from the University of Minnesota discusses fertilizer additives.  Watch this session to learn about nitrogen loss pathways and fertilizer additives that can reduce the risk of nitrogen loss. 

BJ Werk, Precision Ag and Conservation Specialist with Pheasants Forever, talks about the precision application of conservation on marginal cropland to increase farming profits and develop essential wildlife habitat. BJ discusses using input costs, yield data, program resources, and other factors used to identify areas better suited for wildlife habitat than crop production.

Cover crops are increasingly popular, but can they be profitable in the first year? And what's the true cost of cover crop adoption? In this webinar you'll learn some remarkable facts and figures from a farmer who conducted his own on-farm test comparing cover crop with no cover crop for corn and soybeans. Participants will learn about the transition to cover crops, an economics method for assessing the on-farm value of cover crops, and criteria for judging a case study.

As cover crops gain attention and focus, questions are moving from agronomics to economics. This presentation centers on a spreadsheet-based partial budgeting tool that is available to help address some of the economic and financial questions that arise. This tool is designed to help producers, landowners, planners and others make informed decisions when considering making cover crops a part of their production systems.

Farmers have long had the goal of managing land for use by future generations. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to increase soil health by providing information about soil health management practices and systems of practices that will build soil health: the capacity of the soil to function as a vital living ecosystem to sustain life.