Event Recordings
These videos are recordings of SD Soil Health Coalition events.
2022 Soil Health School
- Distinguished Researcher Discussion Panel – Dr. Don Reicosky, Dr. Dwayne Beck, and Dr. Ray Ward
2022 Soil Health Conference
- Bale Grazing and Increasing Infiltration – Van Mansheim
- Breaking Paradigms – Steve Kenyon
- Building Soil by Managing Carbon Flows – Dwayne Beck
- Building Soil by Managing Carbon Flows – Kris Nichols
- Composting: Making Old New Again! – Jim Ristau
- Economics and Carbon – Steve Kenyon
- Farm the Way You Want and Prosper Doing It – Justin Fruechte
- Farming for the Future – Dan Forgey
- Gardening for Healthy Soils – Ruth Beck and Kent Vlieger
- Keeping Yourself and Operation Healthy – Karl Oehlke
- Livestock Integration! Fencing and Multispecies Livestock – Dave Ollila
- Managing the Nutrient and Water Cycle – Dwayne Beck
- Mesonet! Ag Tools and Real Time Data – Nathan Edwards
- Preparing for the Next Generation – Michalski Family
- Really? You Can’t Do That Here? – Anthony Bly
- Soil Health Testing, New Insights and Improved Solutions – Nick Ward
- Speaker Panel
- Transitioning to Soil Health Systems for Beginners – Anthony Bly
- Young Producer Panel
March 2021 Planning Webinar Series
2021 Soil Health Conference
2020 Soil Health Conference
2019 Soil Health Conference

2023 Soil Health Conference Registration Open!
The 2023 Soil Health Conference will be held Jan. 24-25 at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls! Keynote speakers include Dr. Kris Nichols, Rick Clark, Mitchell Hora, and Roy Thompson! There will be breakout sessions, discussion panels, award presentations and more! Join us for all the fun!
News & Events
Growing Connections: New app creates soil health social network
By Janelle Atyeo For the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition PIERRE, SD – South Dakota farmers, ranchers and gardeners are making strides in improving soil health, and they’re willing to share what works and what doesn’t. A new app from the South Dakota Soil Health...
Volga 4-Hers Win Student Soil Health Video Contest
Volga students Caleb Barsness and Dane Olson won first place in the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition’s 2022 Soil Health Demonstration Student Video Contest. The two sixth-grade Sioux Valley Middle School students, representing the West Sioux 2 4-H Club, will be...
Conference speakers: Solving ag problems begins with the soil
By Stan Wise For fifth-generation Indiana crop and livestock producer Rick Clark, soil health and regenerative agriculture are about stewardship. “You have to be good stewards of the land,” he said. “If you think it's OK to watch your topsoil blow away in the wind,...