Soil Health Institute’s 7th Annual Meeting: Scaling Up Soil Health
The 7th Soil Health Institute Annual Meeting is an engaging virtual event bringing people together from across the agriculture industry to share their knowledge, experience, and ideas for Scaling Up Soil Health! Registration is free but required to participate. Session Topics SHI’s Recommended Measurements for Assessing Soil Health at Scale: Scientific Basis and Practical Application Farmers’ Experiences with Adopting Soil…
Summer Soil Health Field Day
Illinois Central CollegeISAP and Illinois Central College are excited to cohost a Soil Health Field Day this summer with Cargill and American Farmland Trust (AFT). You’re invited to join us on Friday, August 12 for an in-person field day to: Learn more about carbon markets Experience hands on soil health demos with ISAP experts Consult with local resource…
Midwestern Farm-ily Reunion
You’re invited to our Midwestern Farm-ily Reunion! Join us on Saturday, August 27 at Timberfeast in Chatsworth, Illinois for a dip in the pond, a farm-to-table dinner and a chance to camp out under the vast Illinois starry sky. This is a family-friendly, farmer-friendly, friend-friendly event to celebrate ourselves, our farmers, our local producers and…
11th International Drainage Symposium
Marriot Des Moines Des Moines, IowaSolutions to agricultural drainage challenges and opportunities will be the focus of the 11th International Drainage Symposium, held August 30-September 2, 2022 at the Marriott Des Moines Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Two days of sessions will highlight drainage research, practice design, implementation, and policy. The third day of the symposium will feature field…
2022 International Drainage Symposium
Join us at the 11th International Drainage Symposium, August 30-September 2, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Solutions to agricultural drainage challenges and opportunities will be the focus of this year’s symposium. Two days of sessions will highlight drainage research, practice design, implementation, and policy. The third day of the symposium will feature field tours highlighting…
Soils, Prairie, and You: A Conversation for Women
Humiston Woods Education Building Livingston County, IllinoisCome learn about soils, native and prairie plantings plantings, and how cover crops can benefit your land. Lunch provided! Please RSVP by August 24th to Becky Taylor at 815-844-6127, X3 or rebecca.m.taylor@nacdnet.net. Sponsored by the Livingston County SWCD.
Streambank Restoration Workshop
Illinois Community Hall 12206 238th St. W., Illinois CityThe Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association (ILICA), with support from the Rock Island Soil & Water Conservation District and the USACE Engineering Research & Development Center (ERDC), is hosting a Streambank Restoration Workshop on September 15th in Illinois City. With content geared towards advancing the knowledge of conservation technicians, contractors, consultants, and in-field practitioners, the…
Fall 2022 farmdoc Webinar Series
Join the University of Illinois' College of Agricultural and Consumer Economics department on Thursdays from 11 am CT to Noon, starting September 15, 2022, for their Fall 2022 farmdoc Webinar Series. The tentative schedule is: Sept 15: Planning on Corn Belt Farms for 2023 Production Gary Schnitkey and Krista Swanson Sept 22: Farmland Prices in…
Perennial Bioenergy Crop Diversification Webinar
Learn how adding a new bioenergy crop can benefit farmers. A new analysis tool to help make on-farm decisions will be demonstrated. Learn about emerging bioenergy markets and alternative methods of land use.
Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
This free, virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and communities on watershed-scale projects to improve water quality and have ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t want to recreate the wheel,” this meet-up series is…
Developing local Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs: A two-part webinar series
Interested in preserving farmland in your community? Join American Farmland Trust and expert guests for a two-part webinar series aimed at helping local governments build effective programs to protect farmland. These workshops are ideal for local government employees and elected officials, land conservation committee members, farmers and landowners, farm organization representatives, and farmland protection advocates.…