Field Days & Events

Webinar: Benefits of Conservation Planning to Farmers, Landowners and Society
September 19 (12 pm)

Event Details:
Speaker Kevin Kuhn of NRCS Resource Conservationist serving on the Ecological Services State Staff will host. Connect to the webinar here.

Vollmer Sanders Field Day
September 22 (8 am – 12 pm)
02290 County Road K
Edon, OH 43518

Event Details: This event is hosted by Ryan and Carrie Sanders, a Soil Health Partnership Farmer.

Topics will include:

Business Management and Record Keeping
Cover crops – termination herbicide interactions, local experience planting equipment
What is the Soil Health Partnership
4R Certification
Agriculture Industry Update

A meal is provided for registrants. Register for lunch by 9/15 at https://www.soilhealthpartnership.org/

Soil Health Field Day and Hog Barn Open House
September 25 (4 – 6 pm)
1939 160 ^th Street
West Liberty, IA 52776

Event Details: This Field Day will include the topics of:

IDALS Water Quality Update, Mike Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Lower Cedar Watershed Management Authority and Cost Share Programs, Holly Howard & Jon Matz, Muscatine Soil & Water Conservation District
Soil Health and Cover Crop Trials, Mark Heckman, host farmer, and Lisa Kubik, Soil Health Partnership
Considerations for Livestock Buildings, Brian Waddingham, Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers
Tour cover crop plots, wetland, and new hog barn
Supper provided by Iowa Corn

Sponsors: Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers, Iowa Corn Growers Association, Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, Muscatine Soil & Water Conservation District, Soil Health Partnership

RSVP: Walk-ins are welcome but please RSVP by September 21 by contacting Ben Gleason at 515-225-9242 or bgleason@iowacorn.org