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Can cover crops still provide targeted nutrient loss benefits in the future?
Can cover crops still provide targeted nutrient loss benefits in the future?
The Iowa Learning Farms (ILF) conservation webinar taking place May 31 at noon CDT will feature Rabin Bhattarai, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bhattarai discovers innovative ways to clean polluted waters. His research group develops sustainable engineering solutions to improve water quality and crop production through experimental…
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Maximizing N Availability to Crops while Minimizing N Losses to the Air
Maximizing N Availability to Crops while Minimizing N Losses to the Air
Join Iowa Learning Farms for their bi-weekly webinar series featuring Craig Dury from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Sangamon CFB Field Day
Sangamon CFB Field Day
Join us to hear from several ag engineering and BMP construction experts, university researchers, and many others about ongoing edge-of-field practice implementation and monitoring efforts. Attendees will be transported between a saturated buffer and a woodchip bioreactor to see the practices on the ground. Please RSVP by Friday, June 2nd to Sangamon CFB by calling…
Soil Health Assessments: Field Day
Soil Health Assessments: Field Day
What is a slump test and what does it mean? What tools can show field compaction and infiltration concerns? Join American Farmland Trust, Savanna Institute, and NRCS to learn how to conduct an assortment of in-field soil health assessments, and how to interpret them with your farmers and landowners. This event is part of the…
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Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network Cover Crop Cocktails
Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network Cover Crop Cocktails
This summer, ICCON is hosting a four-part series, Cover Crop Cocktails, to discuss mixes, rates, and cover crops for your particular goals. Join us for our kick off of this series where Morgan Jennings from Practical Farmers of Iowa, will cover the topic of planting cover crops after a small grain harvest during a mid-summer…
Emerging On-Farm Research Webinar
Emerging On-Farm Research Webinar
Tune into the June edition of North Central Region Water Network series as speakers present about the latest on-farm research in Arkansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Hear about Extension's Discovery Farms program, agricultural water quality and tile drainage research, and using on-farm research to promote the adoption of precision nitrogen management.
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Fulton CFB Field Day
Fulton CFB Field Day
Field day will take place at Fulton CFB at 15779 W Hickory Rd, Cuba, IL. The focus of this field day will be point source & nonpoint source exchange. Stay tuned for more details!
IL Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Cohort Meetings
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.…
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NRCS Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series
NRCS Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) hosts one-hour virtual webinars from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. eastern on the fourth Thursday of even-numbered months. These webinars feature scientists and other subject matter experts speaking on a diversity of topics related to voluntary conservation efforts on working lands. Recordings of past webinars and associated resources are…
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Connecting Tile to Conservation
Connecting Tile to Conservation
The public is invited to attend a conservation practice field day at one of the newest Smart Wetlands. this tile-treatment was built in 2021, is located on cropland in western Marshall County, IL. Get a close-up view of how the water flows into and out of the wetland. See the wildlife habitat provided by the…