Tag Archives: soils

16Apr/25

Leveraging Geoinformatics to Enhance Soil and Agroecosystem Sustainability

This digital cafe features Siddhartho Shekhar Paul, Assistant Professor of Geospatial Science at Purdue University. Dr. Paul shares his research into enhancing soil and agroecosystem sustainability using geoinformatics. This webinar was originally broadcasted April 16, 2025.Read More…

18Dec/24

Grazing’s impact on soil health in integrated crop and livestock systems

In this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café 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 systemsRead More…

21Aug/24

How to Help Growers Start

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.

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17Jul/24

Activating the soil starts at the surface

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.

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15May/24

Exploring nine years of the Wisconsin’s Producer Led Watershed Program and the new Soil Health program

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.

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19Apr/24

Soil health and nutrient management: What it can and cannot do

Improved soil health provides several benefits to crops and water quality. However, there are limitations and as a result, some misconceptions exist. This presentation features Chad Penn, Research Soil Scientist at USDA-ARS and Adjunct Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, who addresses how improved soil health impacts soil fertility and nutrient transport, as well as dispelling common myths.This presentation was originally broadcast on April 17, 2024.

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21Feb/24

Soil Microbial Biodiversity in Field Crops

The February Soil Health Digital Café featured Benjamin Agyei-Kwado, graduate student in cropping systems agronomy at Michigan State University, and Eric Anderson, Michigan State Extension Field Crops Educator, who discussed their work on soil microbial biodiversity in field crops. This presentation was originally broadcast on February 21, 2024.

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18Oct/23

Bioenergy crop Miscanthus x giganteus acts as an ecosystem engineer to increase bacterial diversity and soil organic matter on marginal land

In this edition of the Digital Café series, we hear from Dr. Zac Freedman, Assistant Professor of Soil Microbiology and O.N. Allen Professor of Soil Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. This presentation was originally broadcast on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.

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