Events

2021 BENTON SWCD & NRCS ANNUAL CONSERVATION TOUR OF PRACTICE Wednesday, September 8TH, 2021 From 9:30 AM TO 4:00 PM The Benton Soil and Water Conservation District and Natural Resources Conservation Service would like to invite you to attend the Benton County 2021 Annual Conservation Tour . HIGHLIGHTS! wetland restoration project feedlot project vertical tillage …

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Join us for an in-person hazelnut field day on September 10 at 1:00-3:00 PM at the Central Lakes College Ag and Energy Center (located on the Staples, MN campus).   Current trials underway at the Staples site include 1) a nitrogen fertilization trial that was planted in fall 2012, which has been producing nuts since …

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Interested in Hemp, Healthy foods and Healthy soils? Following Soil Health School on September 11, we will have a special free event on Tom Cotter's farm covering hemp, healthy foods, and healthy soil! Topics include: Hemp Health Nurse Overview Growing Natural (Farmers Market/CSA) Environment +Soil+Water LSP Connect

Calling all farmers! Join us for an open house at Big River Farms to learn more about our education and land-based farmer training program. We will have applications available at the sessions for the 2022 season. Interpretation will be provided if requested within two weeks of the session dates. Please share widely with anyone who might be …

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This field day will focus on: -Adaptive Grazing -Fence and Water Infrastructure -Bale Grazing Registration required. Free and open to all! Address: Voss Farms, 27725 Business 23 E Paynesville, MN 56362

Join Gabe Brown and Shane New at 7 p.m. Central time on Thursday, Sept. 23 as they discuss the relationship between water, carbon and biology, in Understanding Ag's "Building Resiliency" free webinar series. Register at:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N4t8_Ql9RCuv0DpEiBu1VA

Time & Location Sep 28, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT Holm Girl’s Dairy, E10025 690th Ave, Elk Mound, WI 54739, USA About the Event Join us for a pasture walk with organic farmer and conservationist Mariann Holm. She will be covering pasture renewal, grazing as conservation, and grazing livestock on pasture with trees. NRCS …

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Address:  Jeff Koehn Farm                 25737 County 8                 Long Prairie, MN 56347 Free Meal Included Agenda: ·       9:00 Introductions, purpose of meeting by Todd SWCD – Cover Crop grant ·       9:05 Grant Brietkreutz, General Soil Health, Integrating Livestock and Chemical precautions ·       10:15- Q …

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Farmers and ranchers are businesspeople, and the questions that often present the most significant barrier to the adoption of soil health management systems pertain to the business case. The Soil Health Institute interviewed 100 farmers in 9 states who have adopted soil health systems and used partial budget analysis to evaluate their economics and answer …

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