This November edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café featured Christina Curell and Sarah Zeiler from Michigan State University Extension, and Walt Sell from Purdue Extension, discussing the NEW Soil Health Practices Curriculum – anRead More…
In this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café we hear from Scott Satterthwaite with the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment, Candy Thomas with NRCS, and Brian Rast with the US Army CorpsRead More…
In this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café we hear from Ann Johanns on the Iowa State University Economics of Cover Crops Decision Tool. The webinar provides an overview of the decision tool inputsRead More…
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.
Read More... 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.
Read More... This Digital Café features Lee Briese, an independent crop consultant, who has scouted over 1.25 million crop acres weekly. In this session, Lee provides invaluable insights on how growers can begin implementing minimal tillage or no-till practices, cover crops, and intercropping while keeping their risks low. This webinar was originally broadcasted August 21, 2024.
Read More... Conservation management brings soil to life. Measuring these changes in soil life can be simple and yet robust as indicators of key soil functions. This Digital Café featured Alan Franzluebbers, Ecologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, who described how soil-test biological activity can indicate improved soil health. This webinar was originally broadcasted July 17, 2024.
Read More... This Digital Café featured Quirine Ketterings, leader of the NMSP, who shared the value of manure project and discoveries related to soil microbial health indicators thus far. This webinar was originally broadcasted June 19, 2024.
Read More... In this Digital Café, Randy Zogbaum, Soil Health Specialist for DATCP, discusses Wisconsin’s growing Producer-Led Watershed program and DATCP’s soil health programming. This webinar was originally broadcasted May 15, 2024.
Read More... This edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café series featured Dr. Deirdre Griffin LaHue, Assistant Professor of Soil Health and Sustainable Soil Management at Washington State University. Dr. LaHue discusses the Washington State of the Soils Assessment Project and the Washington Soil Health Initiative, preliminary findings, challenges, and next steps. This presentation was originally broadcast on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
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