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.

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.

Challenges and Benefits of No-till versus Conventional-till in Northeast North Dakota
Wednesday, August 13th at 2pm CT

Tune into the next edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Cafe featuring Naeem Kalwar, Extension Soil Health Specialist with North Dakota State University. Naeem will share the results of an ongoing conventional-till versus no-till demonstration that is in its fourth-year in Northeast North Dakota.

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19Jun/25

What Does Research Really Say About Strategic Tillage in Long-term No-till Systems?

This Soil Health Digital Cafe featured Dr. Humberto Blanco, Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics at the University of Nebraska, who discussed the findings from field research on strategic tillage in long-term no-till systems.Read More…

01Jun/25

Soil Health Results from the Arkansas Discovery Farm Program

This Digital Cafe featured Eric Simon and Mike Daniels with the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and Arkansas Discover Farms. Eric and Mike discussed their recent research on the impacts of poultry litter application on soil health,Read More…