Not all training takes place in a classroom. We’ve put together a searchable library of recorded modules, webinars, videos and other resources to help our staff and partners find professional development information on a variety of topics.
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| Tech Talk: 4R Nutrient Stewardship Principles and the Value of Soil Sampling | Nutrient Management | Webinar |
Interested in reinforcing your knowledge of nutrient management? This session includes a discussion on the 4R principles of nutrient stewardship… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: WIN-PST for Brush Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This session is a follow up to the in person Brush Management trainings held in May, 2025. Dusty Jasken, Area Resource Conservationist (NRCS),… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Brush Management (CPS 314) Practice Standard | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Join Jeff Duchene and Jared Holm for a webinar on Brush Management, Conservation Practice Standard 314, exploring how this conservation practice… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Fertilizer Recommendations | Nutrient Management | Webinar |
What goes into creating a fertilizer recommendation? Dr. Daniel Kaiser discusses the approach the University of Minnesota takes in creating… |
TTCP, UMN |
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| Tech Talk: Nutrient Management Tool | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
The Nutrient Management Tool (NMT) includes a GIS based mapping component as well as the ability to keep land application records. George Schwint… |
TTCP, MPCA |
| Tech Talk: Grazing with Virtual Fence | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Dr. Miranda Meehan provides an overview on virtual fence and considerations when integrating it into a grazing system based on her team’s… |
TTCP, NDSU |
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| Tech Talk: Nitrate in Groundwater | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Margaret Wagner (MDA) provides an update on the implementation of the Groundwater Protection Rule to minimize potential sources of nitrate… |
TTCP, MDA |
| Tech Talk: Livestock 101 | Livestock | Webinar |
This Tech Talk provides basic information for several species of livestock that may be raised on pasture, including the following topics:
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TTCP |
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| Soil Health and Management | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Soil Health and Management |
This Track is a suggested sequence of trainings, replays, and information pertaining to the design, installation, and certification of soil health… |
TTCP |
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| Managed Grazing Systems | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Managed Grazing Systems |
This Track is a suggested sequence of trainings, replays, and information pertaining to the design, installation, and certification of managed… |
TTCP |
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| Herbaceous Vegetation Establishment | Vegetation | Practice Specific |
This Track is a suggested sequence of trainings, replays, and information pertaining to the design, installation, and… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Maximum Return To Nitrogen | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Minnesota - along with Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio - uses the Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) approach to corn N rate… |
TTCP, UMN, UMN Extension |
| Tech Talk: Ag Water Quality Program Update | Water Quality | Webinar |
This Tech Talk highlights the New Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Assessment tool that was released this summer, as well other program… |
TTCP, MDA |
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| Tech Talk: Virtual Fence | Practice Specific | Webinar |
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TTCP, Green Lands Blue Waters |
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| 2024 Tech Talks |
Tech Talks is a online training series organized by the Technical Training and Certification Program. Rotating speakers cover a wide variety… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: ICPS 827 Strategic Harvested Forage Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Strategic Harvested Forage Management is a new interim conservation practice and consists of developing a planned winter feeding strategy that… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Irrigation Management Assistant (IMA) Tool | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Join Vasudha Sharma, U of M, as she demonstrates the Irrigation Management Assistant (IMA) Tool. She will discuss how to access the… |
TTCP, UMN |
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| Tech Talk: Nitrogen Stabilizer Efficacy | Nutrient Management | Webinar |
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TTCP, MDA |
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| Tech Talk: Cropland In Field Soil Health Assessment and Its Role to Evaluate Soil Function | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
During this session with Stephanie McLain, attendees gain awareness and knowledge of the Cropland In Field Soil Health Assessment developed by the… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Organic No Till Systems: Can it work? | Practice Specific |
Patrick Carr, Montana State University, and Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin, discuss Organic No Till systems and how they work…or don’t work.… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Conservation Tree Shrub Groups (CTSGs) | Practice Specific |
The Conservation Tree-Shrub Groups (CTSGs) are a planning tool that aid in the selection of trees and shrubs for planting based on soil type.… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Soil Health Resource Concerns | Planning | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
Stephanie McLain (NRCS State Soil Health Specialist) provides an overview of the soil health resource concerns including how to evaluate them.… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Intro to Urban Soil Health for Conservation Planning and Management | Planning | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
In this webinar, Josh Beniston, NRCS Regional Soil Health Specialist covering urban areas, presents an overview of soil health in the context of… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Brush Management (CPS 314) in Grasslands and Savannas | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Brush Management is becoming increasingly needed on our grassland and savanna habitats to maintain their open character. However, this tool can be… |
TTCP, PF |
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| Tech Talk: Core Concepts for Designing and Evaluating Native Seed Mixes | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Webinar |
Karin Jokela, Xerces Society Partner Biologist, covers how to design and evaluate native seed mixes using the latest version of the NRCS seeding… |
TTCP, Xerces |
| Tech Talk: 2024 Pest Management Forecast | Planning | Pest Management | Webinar |
Bruce Potter, UMN Extension Integrated Pest Management Specialist, looks at pest management considerations for the coming year. Bruce discusses… |
TTCP, UMN Extension |
| Tech Talk: Pest Management Follow Up | Pest Management | Webinar |
This is a follow up to the in person Basic Pest Management Concepts training sessions that were held in January, 2024. Courtney Cheever, NRCS… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Minnesota Wheat's On Farm Research Network | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
Melissa Carlson, lead researcher and coordinator of Minnesota Wheat's On Farm Research Network, provides an overview of how they work with growers… |
TTCP, MN Wheat |
| Tech Talk: MN Seed Law | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Webinar |
This session provides an overview of Minnesota's Seed law, one of the oldest consumer protection laws in Minnesota, which is in place to ensure a… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Source Water Protection | Water Quality Basics | Webinar |
During this session Courtney Cheever (NRCS), Mark Wetlauffer (MDH), Aaron Meyer (MRWA), and Katie Breth (MRWA) provide an introduction to the… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Back to our Roots: Managing Alfalfa for Yield and Environment | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy |
Joshua Gamble, ARS Research Agronomist, discusses the role alfalfa roots play in mediating yield, stand persistence, and ecosystem services.… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Seed Calculator Revisions | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Webinar |
The new version of the seeding spreadsheet has the ability to do seeding checkouts based on seed tags listing a Pure Live Seed (PLS) applied… |
TTCP |
| 2023 Tech Talks | Webinar |
Tech Talks is a online training series organized by the Technical Training and Certification Program. Rotating speakers cover a wide variety… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Annual Forages for Grazing Systems (CPS 810) | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This Tech Talk provides an overview of the interim CPS 810 Annual Forages for Grazing Systems Conservation Practice Standard, Implementation… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Amending Soil Properties with Lime | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Ryan Buetow, NRCS State Agronomist, discusses the foundation of soil management and all the impacts that pH has on crop growth, nutrient… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Controlled Traffic Farming, Conservation Harvest, Field Operations Emissions Reduction | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Ryan Buetow, NRCS State Agronomist, discusses the new practices Controlled Traffic Farming (CPS 334), Conservation Harvest (CPS 809), and Field… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Audubon Conservation Ranching Program | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Managed Grazing Systems | Webinar |
The Audubon Conservation Ranching (ACR) program is a collaborative effort between farmers, ranchers, and Audubon to address the decline of… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Livestock Forage Balance Worksheet | Practice Design | Managed Grazing Systems | Webinar |
In this Tech Talk Jeff Duchene, NRCS State Grazing Specialist, provides an overview of the Livestock Forage Balance Sheet available in Section IV… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk Replay: Wildlife Habitat Planting (CPS 420) | Wildlife | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Jeff Kalin, NRCS Wildlife Biologist, and Karin Jokela, Xerces Society Pollinator Planner and Partner Biologist, for an overview the new Wildlife… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Economics of Soil Loss | Conservation Planning | Webinar |
This Tech Talk highlights the economic and social implications of soil loss. From a farm level economic perspective, soil is an important input in… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: HY-8 | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Hydraulics | Webinar |
Elizabeth Oolman, NRCS H&H Engineer, discuss everything culverts. This session covers culvert basics, how to design a culvert using a… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Native Vegetation Guidelines and BWSR Programs: Decision Making for Successful Projects | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Native Vegetation, Habitats and Pollinators | Webinar |
This Tech Talk highlights the revisions to the Native Vegetation Establishment and Enhancement Guidelines including: |
TTCP, BWSR |
| 2022 Tech Talks | Webinar |
Tech Talks is a online training series organized by the Technical Training and Certification Program. Rotating speakers cover a wide variety… |
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| Tech Talk: Side Inlet Planning and Design | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Join Patrick Schultz and Aaron Peter, TTCP engineers, as they cover planning and design criteria for Side Water Inlets (SWI’s). SWI’s are an… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Prairie Strips Part 2: Addressing Pesticide Risks to Pollinators | Pollinators | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Emily May and Karin Jokela from the Xerces Society present on pesticide risks to pollinators in habitat near cropland, including field research on… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Prairie Strips Part 1: A New Option for Water Quality, Pollinators, and Wildlife | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Jim Fritz (SE ARC, MN NRCS), James Fett (Watershed Technician, Mower SWCD), and Andrea Eger (Regenerative Ag Project Manager, TNC) discuss the… |
TTCP |
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| Tech Talk: Well Decommissioning | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
In this session Patrick Schultz, TTCP Engineer, provides an overview of topics related to the CPS 351 Well Decommissioning. There is also a… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Introduction to Managed Grazing Systems | Livestock | Managed Grazing Systems | Webinar |
During this session Dean Thomas, Fillmore SWCD, discusses the basic grazing management principles, benefits of prescribed grazing, and… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Livestock Pipeline Design | Livestock | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Join Amanda Deans, TTCP Engineer, as she runs through a real life pipeline design using the MN NRCS Livestock Pipeline spreadsheet. |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Groundwater Resource Concerns | Water Quality | Conservation Planning | Webinar |
Tim Weisbrod, NRCS Geologist for MN and WI, discusses why the four Nutrient Management (590) Groundwater Resource Concerns need to be inventoried… |
TTCP |