Thursday, March 19th, 2026 10 am -3:00 pm What to expect: Tommy Butts- Clinical Assistant Professor, Site Specific Weed Management- What's in your toolbox? Battling water hemp and other herbicide-resistant weeds Shaun Casteel- Professor of Agronomy- Meeting the needs of your crop Carter Morgan- Vermillion County Farmer- Farmer Panel Phil Cox- Purdue ANR- PARP topic Register by March 12. Call 765-492-3705 Vermillion […]
More info / register Participants will learn about the final two of five main strategies to solve the problem of wind erosion. These include: increasing soil surface roughness (ridges and clods) and increasing soil surface moisture. Topics will also include a brief overview of emergency measure to help mitigate an oncoming dust event. Participants will […]
About the Event ***TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICAT OF COMPLETION FOR THIS TRAINING, ALL 4 SESSIONS (3 VIRTUAL and 1 IN-PERSON) ARE REQUIRED.*** ***Registration required by March 17 to allow adequate time for registrants to receive a Cover Crop field guide by mail*** This train-the-trainer event provides a foundation for understanding how cover crops may be […]
Hosted by Green Cover Seeds If the recent Nebraska wildfires left your pastures black and your fences burnt, you are not alone. Oklahoma rancher and NRCS Assistant Chief Jimmy Emmons walked through devastating fires on his own property in 2018. He'll share what he learned about starting the recovery process. Register
Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau 2026 Nutrient Stewardship Field Day April 3, 2026 1PM-4PM Central Time 7979 E. Cahill Road Stockton, IL Participants will learn about the benefits of integrating livestock into row-crop operations, fenceless grazing, hybrid corn selection and water quality improvement through managed grazing systems. RSVP by March 27. Call 815-858-2235 for more […]
Participants will learn the basics of a healthy soil. We will cover how soil develops, its composition, soil life, how to avoiding damaging it, re-mineralization, amendments, soil testing, and more
Delaware County SWCD presents: COVER CROPS: WHAT DOES IT TAKE? Speakers: Barry Fisher, Fisher Soil Health LLC -How to adopt cover crops & soil health into your system Erik Fisher & Jeremy Russell - Conservation Cropping Implementation Wes Slain, NRCS - NRCS Programs & Services We hope you'll join us for our cover crop field day in […]
About the Event ***TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICAT OF COMPLETION FOR THIS TRAINING, ALL 4 SESSIONS (3 VIRTUAL and 1 IN-PERSON) ARE REQUIRED.*** ***Registration required by March 17 to allow adequate time for registrants to receive a Cover Crop field guide by mail*** This train-the-trainer event provides a foundation for understanding how cover crops may be […]
Join Precision Conservation Management (PCM) and PepsiCo for a behind-the-scenes conversation about supply chain sustainability goals and what it means for Illinois farmers. We’ll explore how PCM helps farmers leverage field data for profitability, and how PepsiCo is rewarding conservation practices like reduced tillage, cover crops, and nutrient efficiency. Learn how their partnership is designed […]
Register. This webinar is intended for participants of ADM's re:generations program. Dr. Bill Johnson, Purdue University Professor of Weed Science, will provide considerations when using herbicides in regenerative row crop systems. Dr. Johnson will have approximately 30 minutes of content and the remainder of the time will be available for Q & A with Dr. […]
Nutrient Management Field Day Topics Nutrient Placement - Jason Tonner, Tonner Precision 360 Rain - Taylor Pulver, 360 Rain To RSVP Reservations requested to either: Wells Co. SWCD (260) 824-1930 ext. 3 Huntington Co. SWCD (260) 356-6816 ext. 3
Firefly season will be here in a flash. (In some places, it already is!) After a 2025 firefly season that included both dazzling firefly displays and worrisome headlines about firefly declines (it is a nuanced situation!), we are all wondering what the 2026 lightning bug season will bring. Let's make it one of the discoveries […]
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