Cover Crop Coffee Shop
First Christian Church 100 W Center St, Fairfield, ILJoin the Edwards and Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District for a Cover Crop Coffee Shop sponsored by Fairfield National Bank. Guest Speaker is John Pike, Cover Crop specialist, from Marion, Illinois. Panelists include; Terry Taylor, Doc Roser, JR Upton and Jerry Seidel. Give ways throughout the event and breakfast served by Matt Kinney.…
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Annual Meeting
Registration for The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Annual Meeting is now open! Hosted in partnership with the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts, the 2023 Annual Meeting will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana from February 11-15 at the New Orleans Marriot. Early bird registration will be open through December 23, 2022. NACD's Annual…
Mississippi River Science Forum
VirtualThe Mississippi River is a multi-faceted, complex resource in the United States that needs a comprehensive and coordinated plan to address science and management needs. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (H.R. 2471), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was asked to host a Mississippi River Science Forum in 2023. We hope to…
Measuring Soil Health at Scale: Recommended Methods for Laboratory Analyses
VirtualSoil Health Institute recently announced a suite of three recommended measurements for scaling soil health assessment. Join us on February 16th at 11:00 AM ET for an overview of the laboratory methods for each measurement, including sample preparation, labor requirements, and recommended QA/QC procedures. Learn more about the measurements and methods here: https://soilhealthinstitute.org/our-work/initiatives/measurements/
IL Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Cohort Meetings
The Illinois ACPF Cohort, coordinated by ISAP, continues to meet to provide opportunities for individuals who are currently using or are interested in using ACPF tools to network with peers, collaborate, troubleshoot, and share lessons learned in an informal space. New members are always welcome to join ACPF cohort meetings which are held approximately bi-monthly.…
Illinois River Basin Virtual Stakeholder Meeting
The USGS Integrated Water Science Program in the Illinois River Basin is hosting a virtual stakeholder meeting on February 22 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 (noon) Central Time to provide an update on IWS activities in the Illinois River Basin. USGS team leads will provide summaries on monitoring, share preliminary results and discuss future plans.
Cover Crop Termination: Rolling and More
Will County Fairgrounds Atrium - North End 710 S West St., Peotone, IllinoisJoin us to hear farmers’ experiences and recommendations for both chemical and mechanical methods of cover crop termination. View the flyer and register today!
Conservation Matters: Leveraging Multi-Agency Partnerships to Advance Conservation Planning
VirtualBrought to you by the SWCS Science and Policy Committee. Presenters: Brian Rast, US Army Corps of Engineers, Lead Silver Jackets Coordinator, Kansas; Scott L. Satterthwaite, Watershed Management Section, Bureau of Environmental Field Services, Kansas Department of Health and Environment The speakers will show the tie between conservation efforts done as part of soil health…
Decision Support Tools and Climate Monitoring for Agriculture | Climate Series
VirtualThe Midwestern Regional Climate Center is the regional host for free, online historical and near real-time climate and weather monitoring. Utilizing data from federally-funded weather station networks, the MRCC has developed several tools and resources that may be useful and usable to the agricultural community for planning and risk assessment purposes. This presentation will highlight…
Integrating climate change research and outreach in the Midwest: lessons from the social sciences
VirtualAdapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change is a technical, social, and political challenge that will require significant changes across all aspects of society. This is particularly the case in the Midwest, which is expected to receive an influx of climate refugees over the coming century. In this talk, Stuart Carlton, Assistant Director…
Avoided Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Conservation Easements
VirtualAmerican Farmland Trust and The Conservation Fund will summarize a new report that estimates the greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits of an agricultural conservation easement on a 103-acre farm in East Peoria, Illinois. The work demonstrates an important benefit of farmland protection and lays the groundwork for AFT’s development of a national calculator tool in 2023,…
Agriculture Data Pilot – Conservation, Crop Insurance During Wet Spring of 2019
VirtualIn an exciting public-private partnership, the United States Department of Agriculture worked with Meridian Institute’s AGree Initiative and the University of Illinois to evaluate conservation and crop insurance data in six states (IA, IL, IN, MN, MO, and SD) affected by extremely wet spring weather in 2019. The unusual weather that year prevented planting on…