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Integrating climate change research and outreach in the Midwest: lessons from the social sciences
Integrating climate change research and outreach in the Midwest: lessons from the social sciences
Adapting 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…
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Avoided Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Conservation Easements
Avoided Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Conservation Easements
American 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,…
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Agriculture Data Pilot – Conservation, Crop Insurance During Wet Spring of 2019
Agriculture Data Pilot – Conservation, Crop Insurance During Wet Spring of 2019
In 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…
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National Cover Crop Survey Opportunity
Why do you plant cover crops, or why don't you? What do you want to know about cover crops? Where do you get your information about them? What experiences do you have? Share your thoughts in the National Cover Crop Survey! This will be the seventh National Cover Crop Survey conducted since 2012 by the Sustainable…
2023 Regenerative Grazing Winter Field Days
Are you an agricultural professional or technical service provider seeking answers for your farmer and landowner clients about raising livestock regeneratively? Join the Embarras Grazing Partnership for a series of regenerative grazing intensive workshops over two on-farm days! For more information and the agenda please visit: https://www.thelandconnection.org/event/2023-regenerative-grazing-winter-field-days/ What: 2023 Regenerative Grazing Winter Field Days When: March…
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ICCON: Cover Crop Termination
ICCON: Cover Crop Termination
In March's ICCON call, a panel of cover crop farmers will share their experiences with cover crop termination techniques. Jim Isermann, Pete Fandel, and Frank Rademacher are all farmers in Central Illinois who use their agronomy background and on-farm experiences to hep farmers make effective conservation decisions. During this call attendees will learn about several…
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2023 National Cover Crop Summit
The National Cover Crop Summit returns March 14-16, 2023, with another can't-miss lineup of today's most successful cover cropper adopters, researchers and agronomists sharing their best seeding strategies, grazing and feeding tips, variety selection secrets and more. Speakers include: Jim Stute, Beat Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds by Planting Green Ryan Scmid, How to Turn Tillage Equipment into a…
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Cover Crop Workshop
Cover Crop Workshop
Join us as we look at cover crops in the spring. We will discuss different species of cover crops, cover crop rates, and cost share programs for cover crops. We will also have a rainfall simulator, discuss carbon markets, and have a panel of local farms to discuss their experiences. Cover Crop Workshop Flyer
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2023 Farm Bill, Climate, and Agriculture Policy | Climate Series
2023 Farm Bill, Climate, and Agriculture Policy | Climate Series
Discussions are starting for the 2023 Farm Bill and the climate is likely to play a large role in the debate. Explore the key sections climate impacts, how the bill’s prioritized agriculture areas are affected by climate decisions, and where these discussions may go. The Farm Bill affects farmers nationwide through regulations, future decision-making, and…
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GROW Farmer Forum
GROW Farmer Forum
GROW will be hosting its its first Farmer Forum of the 2023 season on Wednesday, March 29, at 2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. CST. Listen in — and bring your questions — as a panel of farmers from the Midwest, South and Mid-Atlantic speak about their experience with cover crop termination methods. Speakers: Jim Stute, East Troy, Wisconsin…
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