The North Central Region Soil Health Nexus is a university-led team dedicated to increasing access to research-based soil health knowledge, extension and resources.

The team was created in 2015 with funding from the North Central Region Water Network.  The team is structured around research, extension and outreach, and resources and communications with representatives from all 12 North Central Region states.

Check out our Soil Health Toolbox, including our newly released whitepaper on the connection between Soil Health and Water Quality and our newly created Soil Health Nexus Matrix Decision-Tool!

Soil Health Digital Café Series

The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region discussing the latest soil health research, resources, and news. The webinars will take place monthly; they will be an hour in length with 20-minute presentation, followed by 10-minutes of Q&A and then a casual 30-minute Digital Café where attendees can continue to discuss the topic in more depth with Soil Health Nexus members.

Upcoming Webinar:

Grazing’s impact on soil health in integrated crop and livestock systems
Wednesday, December 18th at 2pm CT

Tune into this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café Series as we hear from Alyssa Hall, Ph.D student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as she shares her results studying the impact of integrating grazing livestock into cropping systems.

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20Nov/24

Biological Approaches to Nutrient Management

n this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café we hear from Brian Dougherty with Understanding Ag, who discusses biological approaches to nutrient management and improving water quality. This webinar was originally broadcasted November 20, 2024.

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16Oct/24

Drought Preparedness and Adaptation

While many of us have been drought-free this spring and early summer, the summer heat and dry conditions have led to the return of drought, particularly across portions of the Ohio River Basin. Parts of Ohio are now seeing the worst drought since 1988 and parts of Great Plains are in multi-year droughts. This webinar is a collaboration of The Current Webinar Series and the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café and featured professionals in Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio discussing how producers in their state are preparing and adapting to drought, whether they are currently facing dry conditions or not. This webinar was originally broadcasted October 17, 2024.

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