I grew up on a small corn and soybean farm in Crawford County, IL. I enjoyed growing up on the farm and helping in the summers. I appreciated the lessons it taught me about making do with what you have and the valuable lessons you can only learn from manual labor. While I decided to leave the family farm for college, I was able to stay connected to agriculture through my education, majoring in Agricultural Engineering at the University of... Read More →
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WEBINAR: Nutrient Management in a Soil Health System
June 20, 2019
Understanding and practicing good soil health improves soil quality and productivity, is better for the environment and can lead to more sustainable crop productivity. The nutrient cycle is slightly different in a healthy soil versus one that does not have the same characteristics. For example, a long term no-till/cover crop system will have better soil health characteristics than a conventionally tilled field without cover crops. Listen in as presenter Doug Peterson, NRCS, explains what practicing soil health means to your nutrient application practices and its impact on water quality.
1 CEU in Soil and Water Managment
Presenter:Doug Peterson, Iowa/Missouri Regional Soil Health Specialist, National Soil Health Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Illinois– 45% Nitrogen reduction goal by 2035
Pasture has high load reduction rate – Why is that?
- Is it that they don’t apply nitrogen? – no they probably apply some
Practices that do the best to reduce nutrient losses are those that meet most of our soil health principles:
- Maximize living roots
- Minimize disturbance
- Maximize diversity
- Maximize cover
Biggest challenge for increased adoption of cover crops:
- Lack of understanding of basic soil function
- Lack of understanding of biological nutrient cycle (the difference of a nutrient cycle in a healthy soil vs. unhealthy soil)
Illinois Soybean Association
The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff and membership programs represent more than 43,000 soybean farmers in Illinois. The checkoff funds market development and utilization efforts while the membership program supports the government relations interests of Illinois soybean farmers at the local, state, and national level through the Illinois Soybean Growers (ISG). ISA upholds the interests of Illinois soybean producers through promotion, advocacy, and education with the vision of becoming a market leader in sustainable soybean production and profitability. For more information, visit the website www.ilsoy.org and www.ilsoygrowers.com.
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