Improving Mental Health Care by Understanding the Culture of Farming and Rural Communities
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisPart one in a three-part series: Improving Mental Health Service Access for Farming and Rural Communities This webinar will address the mental health crisis and unique stressors caused by COVID-19 within farming and rural/frontier communities. Presenters will speak about the ways health practitioners and community leaders should address stigma, stressors, mental risk factors, and provide…
From Neonics to Farming with Insects in Mind
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisThanks in part to Iowa State University’s ten years of research, the USDA recently added the prairie strips practice to the Conservation Reserve Program. Three of Iowa State’s STRIPS (Science Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips) team members will share how this practice can improve the abundance, diversity and productivity of pollinators while…
Strip-Till/No-Till Conservation Field Day with LIVE FIELD DEMOS
Richland Community College, Shilling Center 1 College Park, Decatur, Illinois, United StatesRegistration opens at 7:00 a.m with a chance to ask the experts and peruse the vendor booths. Program begins at 8:30 a.m. with speaker Rick Clark. Rick is a 5th generation farmer from Williamsport, IN. The main goal on the farm is to build soil health and achieve balance with Mother Nature. Rick has developed…
Cover Crops for Soil Health and Insect Life
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisMike Bredeson of the Ecdysis Foundation will share how using cover crops to increase plant diversity within cropland, particularly corn, results in a completely changed and much more diverse insect community. The paraphrase is true - if you plant them (cover crops), insects will come. You will also learn how you must consider the impact…
Prairie Strips Benefit Pollinators and Farmers
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisThanks in part to Iowa State University’s ten years of research, the USDA recently added the prairie strips practice to the Conservation Reserve Program. Three of Iowa State’s STRIPS (Science Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips) team members will share how this practice can improve the abundance, diversity and productivity of pollinators while…
SWCS – ISAP Presentation
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, IowaISAP will be presenting at the SWCS conference this summer. Expanding Horizons: Where Conservation Meets Innovation 75th SWCS International Annual Conference July 26 - 29, 2020 Des Moines, Iowa This year’s conference theme, “Expanding Horizons: Where Conservation Meets Innovation,” evokes images of the expansive views of the region and the deep and varied soil horizons…
Soil Session: SHP Field Insights
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisSHP's Soil Sessions: Field Insights Hosted by SHP Field Managers, Dustin Brucker and Jim Isermann, and Michigan Research Manager, Kristin Poley Please join Dustin Brucker, SHP Field Manager for Iowa, Jim Isermann, SHP Field Manager for Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, and Kristin Poley, Michigan Research Manager, on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 11 AM…
ON THE LEADING EDGE: CONSERVATION DRAINAGE PRACTICES FOR NUTRIENT LOSS REDUCTION
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisJOIN MEMBERS OF ISAP WITH COLLABORATORS FROM AGRICULTURAL, CONSERVATION, DRAINAGE, AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES FOR A SERIES OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS ON CONSERVATION DRAINAGE PRACTICES. The On the Leading Edge series will focus on four conservation drainage practices available in Illinois – drainage water management, bioreactors, saturated buffers, and constructed wetlands – including how they work and how contractors…
Farmers Farming with Insects
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisWhen it comes to insects, farming is often done from an “Us vs. Them” mentality. But emerging alternatives are agriculturally productive, creative, and friendly to insect life on which so much other life depends. Hear from two innovative row crop farmers – one from Iowa (Paul Mugge) and one from Montana (Anna Jones-Crabtree) - using…
2020 Tile Drainage Design & Water Management Workshop
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, Illinois
Wheat: A Gateway Crop to Soil Health, Resilience and More
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisThursday, Aug. 13 12:30 – 2 p.m. EDT | 11:30 – 1 p.m. CDT In partnership with Purdue Extension Organic Agriculture and Indiana Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative Adding wheat (or other small grains) into crop rotations opens the door to possibility. Not only do these crops invite you to plant a diverse cover crop and graze it, adding…
Conservation and Farmland Leasing: Issues for Non-Operating Landowners
Basic Illinois Location (Online) ONLINE, Decatur, IllinoisMany landowners and farmers want to engage in more conservation practices but are concerned about the impacts these conservation practices may have on relationships between landowners and farmers. For example, incorporation of cover crops can have costs to the farmer, but long-run benefits to both the farmer and landowner. We will cover issues related to…