Make Way for Pheasants
2024-08-21 09:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Join the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, Practical Farmers of Iowa and Pheasants Forever at Jerry and Nancy Ackermann’s Farm Assessing Habitat Potential on Marginal Acres.

Jerry and Nancy Ackermann, alongside Pheasants Forever, have restored a 3.4-acre prairie habitat, home to pheasants, deer, essential pollinators and other wildlife, through a process called precision conservation. The Ackermanns started conservation efforts on their 1,200-acre corn, soybean and small grains farm in 2019 with the interseeding of cover crops into corn to create a sheltered space for pheasants. Most recently, they have put in a pond and worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to create better drainage to reduce runoff from their farm. Join Jerry and Nancy at their field day, along with Pheasants Forever and the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, as they explore conservation methods to improve soil quality and create quality habitat from unproductive acres. Lunch will follow the field day.

See & Discuss:

Precision conservation through soil and yield mapping data

Increasing soil health by creating more efficient tile drainage

A rain simulator demonstration to illustrate varying drainage types around the farm

Creating pollinator habitat through data analysis and eco-typical seed selection using Environmental Quality Incentives Program grants

Jerry and Nancy Achermann’s Farm: 39750 820th St, Lakefield, MN 56150

Soil Health Field Day at Jon Stevens
2024-08-23 09:00 - 15:00
Join the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition for another information-packed field day at Jon and Carin Stevens Maple Grove Farms.

Keynote Speaker- Jay Fuhrer

Maple Grove Farm- 10815 555th St, Rush City, MN 55069

Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair
2024-08-27 09:00 - 21:00
Stop out and see us the the Minnesota State Fair in the Eco Experience Building at the “Dig It Booth” on August 27th. Get your Eco Bingo Card stamped and learn about Soil Health! Show your support and wear your Coalition gear out to the Fair. We’ll be there from 9am to 9pm. See you at the Fair!

Soil Health Field Day at Bryan Biegler's Farm
2024-08-28 09:00 - 15:00
Join the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition at Bryan Biegler’s farm for discussion and in the field learning about cover crops and equipment. We will demonstrate how water moves through the soil under different management practices. Free lunch will be provided!

Bryan Biegler’s farm address: 718 151st St, Lake Wilson, MN 56151

Soil Health with Biochar
2024-08-29 15:00 - 19:30
Learn how woody waste biproducts can be turned into biochar, mixed with manure, and applied to your fields to improve Soil Health.

Location: 3803 McDowell Rd, Holyoke, MN

Soil Health Field Day at Tom Cotter's Farm
2024-09-06 09:00 - 15:00
Join us at Tom Cotter’s farm for a day of networking and information sharing with other local farmers and professionals in agriculture. Featured speakers are Seth Watkins, TJ Kartes, and Jon Stevens. Free Pancake Breakfast!

9am-3pm – Location: 50203 205th St, Austin, MN 55912

Hemp & Food Health Field Day
2024-09-07 09:00 - 16:00
Join us for the 4th Annual field day on the farm where you’ll learn how healthy soil makes healthy food, and how plants can be medicine. Free breakfast from 9am-10am from Seven Sundays Food Truck. Education session from 10am-4pm. Stick around for the social hour with Live Music and Beer Tasting from 4pm-5:30pm. Free lunch featuring Tom’s grass fed beef!

Cover Crop Systems at Field Scale: Keeping the Soil Covered 365
2024-09-10 09:30 - 14:00
Join us for a information packed day on cover crops at the Buller Farms in Hendricks Minnesota. We will be covering: Cover crop systems after cereal crops. Inter-seeded cover mixes into soybeans with different termination timing. Inter-seeded cover crops into corn for fall grazing. Equipment set-up and methodology for cover crop selection. Why rotations with cereal crops & covers make cropping systems work best. 9:30am registration- field tour starts at 10am. Free lunch at 12:30 and rap up with a Q & A Session at 1:30

Location: Buller Farms Inc. – 2547 County Highway 1, Hendricks MN 56136

Cover Crop Open House
2024-09-17 09:00 - 15:00
Cover Crop Open House – 9am-3pm – 7989 Old Hwy 169, Jordan, MN 55352

2024 Premier Soil Health Event - For Farmers by Farmers
2024-12-03 00:00 - 2024-12-04 23:59
The Premier Soil Health Event is for farmers, by farmers. Hosted by the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, this event brings local, national, and regional soil health experts together to provide farmers and ranchers information they can use to improve their operation. Network with other farmers and farmer mentors, plus learn from long-time practitioners of strategies that build soil health. Featuring Keynote Speakers: Ray Archuleta, John Kempf, Johnny Hunter and Lance Gunderson.

Hotel reservations:

Hilton Garden Inn Mankato Downtown- 20 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001 – 507-344-1111. Rooms are available at a discounted rate under the room block- MN Soil Health Coalition. You can make your Hilton Garden Inn reservations here: https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/lmeult

Hotel Alexander- 215 Hickory St, Mankato, MN 56001 – 507-479-1015. Rooms are available at a discounted rate under the room block- MNSOIL24. You can make your Hotel Alexander reservations here: https://hotels.cloudbeds.com/reservation/TPlfRx#promo=MNSOIL2024

Arch + Cable Hotel- 201 N Riverfront Dr. Suite 105, Mankato, MN 56001 – 507-479-1015. Rooms are available at a discounted rate under the room block- MNSOIL24. You can make your Arch + Cable reservations here: https://hotels.cloudbeds.com/reservation/3INbxp#promo=MNSOIL2024

Soil Health Farm Research Results
2024-12-17 09:30 - 14:00
Explore the SARE research results with us as we go over soil tests, drone footage, and hear about equipment modifications, where strip-till is utilized with different types of cover crops and termination practices. We will be having a farmer panel and lunch is on us!

2025 MN Organic Conference
2025-01-09 00:00 - 2025-01-10 23:59
Join the MN Soil Health Coalition at The Minnesota Organic Conference January 9-10, 2024 in St Cloud.

Registration opens at 8:00am January 9th. St Cloud Rivers Edge Convention Center, 10 Fourth Ave S, St Cloud, MN 56301

Practical Farmers of Iowa Annual Conference
2025-01-10 00:00 - 2025-01-11 23:59
Our annual conference has been a keystone event for sharing knowledge, building connections and celebrating agriculture in Iowa.

South Dakota 2025 Soil Health Conference
2025-01-15 00:00 - 2025-01-16 23:59
The 2025 Soil Health Conference will be held Jan. 15-16 at the Ramkota Hotel and Event Center in Watertown, a spacious venue which will allow for a full day and a half of speaker sessions, awards, producer panels, and time to engage with sponsors. This event will feature many speakers including Keith Berns, Nebraska no-till farmer, ag educator, and co-owner of Green Cover Seed; Paul Jasa, noted Extension egineer at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Dr. Jon Lundgren, Ecdysis Foundation executive director and CEO of Blue Dasher Farm; and Joe Breker, an award-winning North Dakota producer who has been using regenerative agriculture practices for over 40 years!

MN AG EXPO
2025-01-22 00:00 - 2025-01-23 23:59
Join the MN Soil Health Coalition at the 2024 MN AG EXPO. Come see us at booth # 9 and talk to farmer mentors to learn how to reduce inputs and increase profitability. Jan 22nd- 9am-4pm, Jan 23rd- 8:30am-3pm — Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato

2025 Sioux Falls Farm Show
2025-01-22 00:00 - 2025-01-24 23:59
Join the MN Soil Health Coalition at the Sioux Falls Farm Show. Stop by booth 1517 and talk with farmer mentors on how to reduce inputs and increase profitability.

Free coffee and rolls (S.F. Area Mezzanine) 8:30-10:00am – Exhibits open at 9:00am and ends at 3:00pm – January 22th, 23th, and 24th.

Sioux Falls Farm Show- Denny Sanford Premier Center, 1021 NW Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Small Grain Markets Workshop
2025-01-28 09:00 - 15:00
Bringing Small Grains Back to Minnesota –

On Tuesday, Jan 28th, join the Land Stewardship Project for an all-day Small Grain Markets Workshop to give producers confidence and practical know-how into raising and selling other crops.

Location: Edgewater Bay Pavilion at 1940 Edgewater Drive, Albert Lea MN 56007

2025 Soil Management Summit
2025-01-29 00:00 - 2025-01-30 23:59
The Soil Management Summit emphasizes proven farmer experience and applied science. Learn how heavier, colder soils aren’t necessarily the challenge they’re made out to be. Hear from long-time no-till, reduced tillage, and cover crop farmers as they share their experiences and hard-learned lessons.

2025 I-90 Tour CLASIC - Heron Lake
2025-02-04 09:00 - 15:00
2025 I-90 Tour: Benefits of No-Till – Heron Lake – Feb, 4th 2025.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dwayne Beck- Retired Research Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm and Jon Stevens- Maple Grove Farms of Rock Creek, MN

Heron Lake Community Center, 312 10th St, Heron Lake, MN 56137.

2025 I-90 Tour CLASIC - Fairmont
2025-02-05 10:00 - 14:00
2025 I-90 Tour: Benefits of No-Till – Fairmont – Feb, 5th 2025.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dwayne Beck- Retired Research Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm and Jon Stevens- Maple Grove Farms of Rock Creek, MN

Knights of Columbus Hall, 920 E 10th St, Fairmont, MN 56031.

2025 I-90 Tour CLASIC – Stewartville
2025-02-06 15:00 - 19:00
2025 I-90 Tour: Benefits of No-Till – Stewartville – Feb, 6th 2025.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dwayne Beck- Retired Research Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm and Jon Stevens- Maple Grove Farms of Rock Creek, MN

Stewartville Civic Center, 105 1st St E, Stewartville, MN 55976.

2025 I-90 Tour CLASIC – Hokah
2025-02-07 10:00 - 14:00
2025 I-90 Tour: Benefits of No-Till – Hokah – Feb, 7th 2025.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Dwayne Beck- Retired Research Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm and Jon Stevens- Maple Grove Farms of Rock Creek, MN

Hokah Fire Station, 9 Mill St, Hokah, MN 55941.

2025 Hwy 14 Tour CLASIC - Owatonna
2025-02-18 08:30 - 15:00
Crop, Livestock, and Soil Innovation Conferences – Owatonna – Feb, 18th 2025.

Key note speakers: Andy Linder and Ryan Gibbs

Location: Torey’s Restaurant- 208 N Cedar Ave, Owatonna, MN – 8:30am registration, event start 9:00am – Free Lunch!

Profit Pro Ag 2025 Winter Conference
2025-02-19 00:00 - 2025-02-20 23:59
Join us on a Journey to Regenerative Agriculture by “Farming the Controllables” resulting in healthy soil, crops, livestock, environment and people. Keynote Speaker: Ray Archuleta

408 S 1st Ave, Albert Lea, MN 56007

2025 Hwy 14 Tour CLASIC - Lamberton
2025-02-19 09:00 - 15:00
Crop, Livestock, and Soil Innovation Conferences – Lamberton – Feb, 19th 2025.

Key note speakers: Andy Linder and Ryan Gibbs

Location: SW Research & Outreach Center- 23669 130th St, Lamberton, MN – 9:00am registration, event start 9:00am – Free Lunch!

2025 Hwy 14 Tour CLASIC - Lake Benton
2025-02-20 09:00 - 15:00
Crop, Livestock, and Soil Innovation Conferences – Lake Benton – Feb, 20th 2025.

Keynote Speakers: Andy Linder and Ryan Gibbs

Location: Lake Benton Community Center- 114 Center St S, Lake Benton, MN – 9:00am registration, event start 9:30am – Free Lunch!

2025 Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit
2025-03-19 00:00 - 2025-03-20 23:59
Sustainable Farming Association’s 2025 Summit will bring together leading experts in grazing and livestock integration into cropping systems. Choose from breakout topics such as virtual fencing, winter grazing, small ruminants, new NRCS EQIP opportunities, and more. You’ll also hear from inspiring keynote speakers, including farmers from Canada who are proving that regenerative farming and ranching can be profitable.

Steak Dinner Fundraiser- Austin, MN
2025-06-18 17:30 - 19:00
Steak Dinner Fundraiser- Presented by Austin MN Chapter 10 of The Izaak Walton League of America.

Location: Izaak Walton Cabin at Todd Park, 2198 14th St NE, Austin, MN 55912

$20 a Ticket at the Door- Grill Your Own Steak!

Russell Hedrick - Cottonwood County
2025-07-16 09:30 - 14:30
High Yields in Your Fields with Russell Hedrick

Topics of Conversation – Product use and application timing/methods, Assessing crop input needs, Maximizing yield using soil health practices, In-filed demonstrations/discussions, Economics and return on investment.

Location: McMullen Farms – 27092 County Road 8, Comfrey, MN 56019

Russel Hedrick - Pipestone County
2025-07-17 09:30 - 14:30
High Yields in Your Fields with Russell Hedrick

Topics of Conversation – Product use and application timing/methods, Assessing crop input needs, Maximizing yield using soil health practices, In-filed demonstrations/discussions, Economics and return on investment.

Location: Halbur Farms – 518 30th Ave, Jasper, MN 56182
