Jeff Duchene, State Grazing Lands Specialist (NRCS), and Jace Stallman, Rangeland Management Specialist (NRCS), discusses managing pastures during drought conditions, managing excessively wet weather, and managing sacrificial areas.
Jeff Duchene, State Grazing Lands Specialist (NRCS), reviews the 528 Grazing Management practice updates for 2026:
This virtual workshop equips conservation professionals with practical tools, templates, and strategies to design impactful events — from field days to workshops to community meetings. Participants will learn how to set clear goals, choose the right event format, engage diverse audiences, and evaluate success. The session also introduces the Community Capitals Framework as a simple thinking tool to help trainers understand the broader capacity their events can build.
Most large scale native habitat plantings are created with seed mixes. Plant diversity is a requirement for pollinators, other wildlife, and the foundation of ecological resilience, but it can be a complicated and consequential challenge to select the best mix for any given site. Building high quality native seed mixes that serve multiple species, replicate natural plant associations, establish readily, conform to certain conservation practice standards, and fit within budget constraints requires training and experience.
Soils form the fabric of conservation planning and understanding the soil survey is foundational to evaluating resource concerns. This two day course will provide an overview of the soil survey program, methods, soil maps, Web Soil Survey, interpretive information, and other soil resources that support technical staff with the conservation planning process. Soil genesis, properties, and soil landscape relationships will all be outlined.
Take your nitrogen management to a higher level, attend one, or several of the Advanced Nitrogen Smart trainings at Nitrogen College. Now offering CEUs for Certified Crop Advisors. Preregistration is not required and there is no cost to attend thanks to the generous support of Minnesota corn farmers and their checkoff.
Take your nitrogen management to a higher level, attend one, or several of the Advanced Nitrogen Smart trainings at Nitrogen College. Now offering CEUs for Certified Crop Advisors. Preregistration is not required and there is no cost to attend thanks to the generous support of Minnesota corn farmers and their checkoff.
Join us March 10 at the Marshall Law Enforcement Center in the basement conference room to discuss the effects of herbicide carryover on the establishment of Native grasses, forbs, and cover crops. Jeremy Corrigan and his colleague will be covering the impacts of herbicides with long carryover intervals and what their effect are on sensitive plants and how to mitigate those effects.