Tag Archives: webinar series

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…

19Mar/25

Is Urban Gardening Hazardous to Your Health?

In this edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café features Dr. Anna Paltseva who explores the hidden risks of soil contamination in urban environments, focusing on heavy metal pollution, its sources, and its impact onRead 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…

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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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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19Jun/24

Manure and Microbes: Are they the key to sustainable crop production?

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.

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