Emerging Ag Technology and Soil Health Workshop – August 26
The Clinton County SWCD, in partnership with the Greater Wabash River Resource Conservation and Development Council, will be co-hosting a regional Soil Health Workshop at the Tippecanoe County 4H Fairgrounds on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 8:30am-3:00pm. Speakers from across the Midwest will be on hand to discuss current soil health topics and precision ag technologies.
Speakers will include Indiana no-till farmer Mike Starkey, IUPUI researcher Bob Barr, USDA-NRCS Northwest Area Resource Soil Scientist Mike Wigginton, Beck’s Adviser Jim Love, and VP of Analytics at AgSolver Inc. Dr. David Muth.
Topics will include:
- Practical Conservation Cropping Systems,
- Agriculture Edge-of-Field Water Monitoring,
- Advanced Soil Tests – Beyond N-P-K,
- Drones for Practical Farm Research, and
- Precision Profitability Mapping for Enhanced Conservation Cropping.
Folks interested in attending should RSVP to their local Soil and Water Conservation (Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Howard, & Tippecanoe Counties).
More info in the flyer: Emerging Ag Flyer final
August 12, 2015 12:03 pm | Education and Event
