Soil Health Winter Clinic

Join us as Jamie Patton, the NRCS State Soil Health Coordinator, kicks off the event with a lively and inspiring overview of soil health.

Four key soil health topics will be addressed in a dynamic series of brief presentations on each subject:

• Integrating Manure
  • Farmer speakers include: Ron Schoepp of Lodi, and Ben Grove of Columbus
    • grazing cover crops
    • accessing manure products
    • manure crediting 101
• Cover Crops
  • Farmer speakers include: Tom Ripp of Black Earth, and Luke Laufenberg of Waunakee
    • cover crops to meet your goals
    • cover crop management and timing
    • beneficial insects - Dane Elmquist, UW
• Reducing Tillage
  • Farmer speaker: Jeff Endres, Waunakee
    • strip tillage
    • nutrient stratification - does it matter?
• Compaction
  • Earth Optics Equipment - Insight FS
  • controlled traffic to avoid compaction
  • Central Tire Inflation Systems (CTIS)
  • addressing compaction in the field

Lunch will be provided, please register by January 30th for an accurate lunch count!

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