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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| Managing Weeds in Organic Corn and Soybeans | Pest Management | Video |
Charlie Johnson explains how he controls weeds in corn and soybean crops without the use of pesticides on his organic farm in Madison, S.D.… |
USDA SARE |
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| Matching Appropriate Seed to Conservation Practices | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Webinar |
(Time: 1:00) Learn about ecotypes and ecological restoration planning tools for greater long term conservation planting success. |
NRCS |
| Maximizing Your Nitrogen Dollar 2022 Webinar Series: Field Crops | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Video |
Maximizing Your Nitrogen Fertilizer Dollar is a 4-part webinar series where participants can join academic, extension and grower experts to… |
OMAFRA |
| Maximizing Your Nitrogen Dollar 2022 Webinar Series: Horticulture Crops | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Maximizing Your Nitrogen Fertilizer Dollar is a 4-part webinar series where participants can join academic, extension and grower experts to… |
OMAFRA |
| Maximizing Your Nitrogen Dollar 2022 Webinar Series: Livestock and Manure | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Video |
Maximizing Your Nitrogen Fertilizer Dollar is a 4-part webinar series where participants can join academic, extension and grower experts to… |
OMAFRA |
| Maximizing Your Nitrogen Dollar 2022 Webinar Series: Overview – The Science of N, the N Cycle, and Emissions | Soil Health and Management | Video |
Maximizing Your Nitrogen Fertilizer Dollar is a 4-part webinar series where participants can join academic, extension and grower experts to… |
OMAFRA |
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| Micronutrients | Nutrient Management | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
(Time: 00:23:38) Information is presented on specific micronutrients including boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, zinc and chloride… |
NRCS, June 2014 |
| Minnesota Cropping Systems and their Environmental Impacts | Crops | Ag & Agronomy | Video |
This video provides basic information on the relationship between animals, crops and the environment. |
U of M Ext, Jun 2015 |
| Minnesota Forest Health Highlights from 2021 | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forest Ecology and Management | Video |
Each year, the Minnesota DNR Forest Health team conducts both aerial assessments and on-the-ground monitoring to assess the health of the state’s… |
SFEC, MN DNR |
| MinnFARM Training | Livestock | Online Course |
MinnFARM is a computer model, built in Excel, used to estimate runoff potential from open feedlots. It provides a compliance indicator (a simple "… |
UMN Extension |
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| Mitigating Climate Change Through the Soil Carbon Sponge | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Soil Health and Management | Video |
Discovery Farms Programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota are excited to bring to you a virtual conference series this winter. Join us as we cover… |
Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center |
| MN EFH2 supporting files | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Hydrology | Reference Material |
Link to NRCS MN Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics page to find and download Minnesota specific files for the EFH2 software. (Online… |
NRCS |
| MN NRCS Soil Health Training Resources | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Soil Health and Management | Reference Material |
(Time will vary) This is a set of 30+ soil health related training resources that is maintained by MN NRCS. |
NRCS |
| Multifunctional Shelterbelts: Considerations and Designs for Ecobuffers and Ecologically-based Farming | Practice Specific | Video |
Mark Wonneck and Gary Bank of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada discuss the benefits, functions and design considerations for woody… |
USDA National Agroforestry Center |
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| Native Warm Season Grass Drill Calibration | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time:16:27) Jake Watson, USDA NRCS and Michael McCord discuss how to calibrate a drill for Native Warm Season Grasses. |
NRCS |
| Nitrogen | Nutrient Management | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
(Time: 00:22:59) Information is presented on basic nitrogen processes in the soil-plant system; rate determination and economic response;… |
NRCS, June 2014 |
| Nitrogen Smart | Practice Specific | Online Course |
(Time: minimum 2 hours) An interactive training program for producers that presents the fundamentals for maximizing economic return on nitrogen… |
University of Minnesota Extension |
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| Nitrogen Smart Review | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Online Course |
Review materials for the interactive training program for producers that presents the fundamentals for maximizing economic return on nitrogen… |
U of M |
| Nitrogen Smart: Manure Management | Nutrient Management | Online Course |
Livestock manures have been used as a crop fertilizer source for thousands of years. It continues to be a valuable source of crop nutrients, even… |
UMN |
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| NPC Silviculture Strategies for Forest Stand Prescriptions | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forest Ecology and Management | Reference Material |
The Division of Forestry has developed silviculture strategies to inform sustainable forest management in Minnesota. These documents include… |
DNR |
| NRCS and Streambank Soil Bio-engineering | Practice Specific | Webinar |
The subject presentation will provide an overview of the use of stream bank soil bio-engineering practice used as part of NRCS conservation work.… |
USDA/NRCS |
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| Nutrient and Pest Management Equipment | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Online Course |
This short course looks at application equipment you may see in corn and soybean producing areas. |
NRCS |
| Nutrient and Pest Management Equipment | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Video |
This short course looks at application equipment you may see in corn and soybean producing areas. |
NRCS |
| Nutrient Management Day 1 (Module 20) | Nutrient Management | Webinar |
This is a replay of the Nutrient Management Training held on February 7, 2022. Part 1: Water Quality Overview and Concerns in Minnesota… |
TTCP |
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| Nutrient Management Day 2 (Module 21) | Nutrient Management | Webinar |
This is a replay of the Nutrient Management Training held on February 9, 2022. Part 1: Soil Test and UM Recommendations Part 2:… |
TTCP |
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| Nutrient Management in No-Till Cropping Systems | Crops | Ag & Agronomy | Video |
(Time: 1:30:56) This video compares conventional and no-till cropping systems in regards to nutrient management, nutrient cycling,… |
NRCS, September 2012 |
| Nutrient Management Module 11: Manure Sampling, Testing and Crediting | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Video |
Jeff King, NRCS Water Quality Specialist, describes the requirements for manure sampling and testing and how to calculate manure nutrient credits… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 12 - Nutrient Recommendations 1 Part 1 | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Brad Carlson, Dr. Dan Kaiser, Anne Nelson, UofM Extension Educators presents an abbreviated Nitrogen Smart Course. |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 12 - Nutrient Recommendations 1 Part 2 | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Brad Carlson, Dr. Dan Kaiser, Anne Nelson, UofM Extension Educators presents an abbreviated Nitrogen Smart Course. |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 14a: Delineating the Livestock Operation | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This self paced module covers the policy and considerations for delineating a livestock operation for purposes of writing a nutrient management… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 14b: Determining the Acres Needed to Utilize Manure | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This self paced module covers the policy and considerations for determining the number of acres that are needed to utilize manure produced by a… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 1: Orientation to Minnesota's Nutrient Management Training Series | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This webinar is the first in Minnesota's nutrient management training series. It includes a review of soil fertility concepts, overarching… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 2: Planning for Sensitive Features | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Reference Material |
This self-paced material regarding sensitive features for nutrient management planning includes:
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TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 5b: Nitrogen Loss Risk Assessment | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Video |
Kelly Voigt, TTCP Training Conservationist, demonstrates the process to complete the Field Nitrogen Loss Risk Assessment worksheet. |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 6c: Phosphorus Loss Risk Assessment | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Kelly Voigt, TTCP Training Conservationist, demonstrates the process to complete the Phosphorus Loss Risk Assessment worksheet. |
TTCP |
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| Nutrient Management Module 8: Land Treatment | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Video |
In this brief module, Lawrence Svien, TTCP Training Conservationist discusses developing alternatives during the conservation process generally… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Module 9a - Inventory | Nutrient Management | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Jeff King, NRCS Water Quality Specialist, walks participants through all of the considerations for inventorying an operation for nutrient… |
TTCP |
| Nutrient Management Training Series | Practice Specific |
This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, write, and certify Nutrient Management plans (… |
TTCP |
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| Nutrients, Soil Biology and Diversity in Agroecosystems | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
(Time: 1:55) Nutrients, Soil Biology and Diversity in Agroecosystems (2/3) webinars are prerequisites for the Minnesota Soil Health Field Day and… |
NRCS |
| On-Farm Research Explores Cover Crops, Manure, Nitrogen & Returns | Nutrient Management | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
Woody Van Arkel and Cameron Ogilvie shared results of and experience with on-farm research at Woody’s farm. Research explored different cover… |
Practical Farmers of Iowa |
| One Watershed, One Plan: A Brief History of Water Management in Minnesota | Planning | Video |
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BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Making Choices to Show Results | Planning | Video |
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BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Roles, Committees, and Commitments | Planning | Video |
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BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Three Big Ideas | Planning | Video |
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BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: What is One Watershed, One Plan? | Planning | Video |
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BWSR |
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| Organic Soil Health Practices for Water Management and Water Quality | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
Farmers must manage water resources to provide sufficient yet not excessive moisture to their crops, and to protect surface and groundwater from… |
USDA-NRCS Conservation Webinars |
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| Organic Training Series Session 1: Introduction to Organic | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
This training series is intended to provide an introduction to organic systems, including basic principles of organic production; the organic… |
NRCS |
| Organic Training Series Session 2: Organic Certification | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
This training series is intended to provide an introduction to organic systems, including basic principles of organic production; the organic… |
NRCS |
| Organic Training Series Session 3: Organic Regulations and Opportunities for NRCS Support | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar |
This training series is intended to provide an introduction to organic systems, including basic principles of organic production; the organic… |
NRCS |
| Our Groundwater Connection | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Water Quality Basics | Video |
Groundwater education video created by Anoka SWCD in collaboration with the Anoka Co. Water Resource Outreach Collaborative. |
Anoka SWCD |