Dane Demo Farms Soil Health Winter Clinic
Wednesday, 02/05/2025 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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
- Farmer speakers include: Ron Schoepp of Lodi, and Ben Grove of Columbus
- 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
- Farmer speakers include: Tom Ripp of Black Earth, and Luke Laufenberg of Waunakee
- Reducing Tillage
- Farmer speaker: Jeff Endres, Waunakee
- strip tillage
- nutrient stratification – does it matter?
- Farmer speaker: Jeff Endres, Waunakee
- 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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Location
UW-Arlington Agriculture Research Station, Public Events Building
N633 Hopkins Rd, Arlington WI 53911
Contact
Kim Meyer
608-445-1474
meyer.kim@danecounty.gov