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Time: 21:52; This webinar is a recorded PowerPoint showing the NRCS Engineering Tools-Watershed Tools and other Tools in ArcMap. The first ~19 minutes covers the steps to delineate a watershed and determine a composite RCN.  At 19:39, other useful tools in the Toolboxes are explained.

In this Tech Talk Jeff Duchene (NRCS Grazing Specialist, NW Area) and Morgan Kauth (NRCS Grazing Specialist, SW Area) discuss an overview of Conservation Practice Standard 511 Forage Harvest Management, when and where CPS 511 is applicable, types of forages, harvesting equipment, storing harvested forages, and additional livestock feedstuffs (ie. beet tailings, potato processing biproducts, soybean meal/hulls, grain screenings, and crop residues.)

This training is designed to provide an introduction to the Cropland In-Field Soil Health Assessment, a tool for inventorying soils and identifying resource concerns related to soil health on croplands (organic matter depletion, compaction, aggregate instability, and soil organism habitat loss/degradation).

Learning how to do the assessment in the field is easy. Interpreting and utilizing the results is the hard part.

Topics Include:

1. Conservation Planning & Soil Health Assessment - Holly Giombi

2. Cropland In-Field Soil Health Assessment - Andy Paolucci

3. Assessing Crop Management Systems for Soil Health - Brian Hillers

4. Documenting Soil Health Resource Concerns in CART - Michelle Komiskey

5. Q & A, Closeout - Andy Paolucci

For hands on, “IN” field training to conduct the cropland soil health assessment contact an Area Resource Soil Scientist or attend the next Basic Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff Training (Summer 2022).

Systematic approaches to establishing covers, planter setups, termination techniques, agronomic concerns when converting from conventional tillage system to cover crop establishment and planting green. This session discusses on-farm trials, new cover crops, and new research being conducted in 2022. Panel consists of two farmers from “Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil and Healthy Water,” UW Research Agronomist, and Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Manager. The panel provides valuable planning approaches to consider and lessons learned to ensure success when planting green.

Website to download NRCS Technical Tools.

The EFH-2 software implements the procedures described in the NEH 650 - Engineering Field Handbook Chapter 2 (EFH-2) for estimating runoff and peak discharge.  Required information includes watershed characteristics (drainage area, runoff curve number, watershed length, watershed slope) and rainfall amount and rainfall distribution.  The link below will take you to the NRCS Tech Tools page.  Find and download the latest version of EFH-2.