Core NRCS Conservation Practices for Enhancing Soil Health
Webinar Details
When:
Feb 13, 2014 3:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:10 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Reviewed for Continued Content Relevance: 04/2017
Presenter(s):
- David Lamm, Team Leader, USDA NRCS National Soil Health and Sustainability Team, East National Technology Support Center, Greensboro, NC
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
Virtual Event Format:
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This webinar focuses on how several core NRCS conservation practices can be used by farmers to improve soil health, linking them to the four soil health planning principles, i.e. minimizing disturbance, maximizing diversity, keeping a living root growing, and maintaining residue cover.
With increased interest in soil health being generated across the country, it is critical that NRCS field staff are fully versed in conservation practices that enhance soil health. This webinar will explore the link among several core NRCS conservation practice standards and the four soil health planning principles. Examples from several geographic regions across the country will help conservation planners tailor conservation practices for specific climates, cropping systems, and other conditions using a systems perspective to enhance soil health.
Core practices to be discussed include: Conservation Crop Rotation (328), Cover Crop (340), Residue Management – No Till (329), Forage and Biomass Planting (512), and Prescribed Grazing (528). Additional practices with important contributions to the overall Soil Health Management System include: Nutrient Management (590) and Integrated Pest Management (595). Understanding these practices and how they build soil health will help prepare conservation planners to provide assistance.
This webinar is presented by the USDA NRCS National Soil Health and Sustainability Team located at the East National Technology Support Center.
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