Soil Management Summit set for Dec.14-15
An annual conference that provides farmers with tips and lessons on soil health, conservation tillage and cover crops will be held next month in Mankato.
The University of Minnesota Extension’s 17th-annual Soil Management Summit is set for Dec. 14-15 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center. Through corn farmers’ investment in the Minnesota corn check-off, Minnesota’s corn organizations support the Soil Management Summit to promote best practices that increase sustainability on the farm.
Summit attendees will hear from researchers, agricultural advisors and farmers who are experts in conservation tillage, cover crops and the economics behind soil-health practices. Attendees who stay for the entire conference will be offered 9.5 Certified Crop Adviser continuing education units.
Summit speakers will include longtime University of Minnesota Extension Regional Educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes and Dr. Anna Cates, an Extension soil-health specialist. World Food Prize-winning soil scientist Rattan Lal will virtually give a keynote address.
DeJong-Hughes said the summit will include information on carbon markets and why retaining carbon in the soil is a good thing for farmers. She said she expects between 200 and 250 people to attend the summit and that, typically, 20 to 25 vendors with products and services related to soil health are in attendance.
Visit z.umn.edu/SMS2021 to learn more or register.
