Event Recordings
These videos are recordings of SD Soil Health Coalition events.
2024 Soil Health Conference
- Long-Term Ag Impacts on Soil Loss and Carbon Dynamics – Eli Halverson
- When Two Daughters Get Married During Grazing Season – Glenn Elzinga
- NRCS Programs and Services – Darrel DuVall
- Forage and Alternative Grazing – Sara Bauder
- Benefits to Annual Grains Through Livestock – Christopher Graham
- Food and a Home – Jay Fuhrer
- A Scalable Regenerative System – Zack Smith
- Managing a 6th Generation Ranch – Riley Kammerer
- Why Is Soil Health a Critical Need for Producers? – Dr. Jerry Hatfield
- Importance of Keeping You Healthy! – Andrea Bjornestad
- Making Virtual Fences Visible with Multi-species Livestock – Dave Ollila
- Gardening for Healthy Soils – Kent Vlieger
- Worm Compost/Castings – Lyle Casteel
- Legacy Panel – Dave Ollila, Scot Eisenbraun, Alex Frasier
- The Growth of the Deep Root Ranch – Doug Sieck
- Diverse Rangelands Benefit Livestock and Pollinators – Kevin Sedivec
- Farmers of Life for Life – Grant & Dawn Breitkreutz
- Plan B Ranch: Options for Profit – Kevin Wiltse
- The JLC Acre: Farm, Graze, and Hunt for Soil, Livestock Health and Conservation – Cody Jorgensen
- Can Regenerative Ag Get Me Out of Debt? – Brice Custer
- Rangeland in South Dakota – Pete Bauman
- Best Species for Permanent Pastures – Donald Wirth
- Holistic Bison Management – Mimi Hillenbrand
- Soil Testing – Terry Buettner
- High Density Non-Selective Grazing – Cooper Hibbard
- Speaker Discussion Panel – Jay Fuhrer, Glenn Elzinga, Cooper Hibbard, Zack Smith, Working Cows Podcast
2023 Soil Health Conference
- Soil Regeneration by Managing Carbon Flows – Dr. Kris Nichols (presentation slides)
- From Disease to Abundant Life – Roy Thompson (presentation slides)
- Benefits of Planting Green – Rick Clark (presentation slides)
- The Power of Diversity in Long Term No-Till – Dan Forgey (presentation slides)
- Cover Crops Impacting Soil Health – Eileen Kladivko (presenation slides)
- Winter Bale Grazing – Van Mansheim (presentation slides)
- Soil Life: What’s in it for you? – Kent Vlieger (presentation slides)
- Soil Health, Enhancing the Bottom Line – Bryan Jorgensen (presentation slides)
- Grain Marketing: From Strategy to Success – Tregg Cronin (presentation slides)
- SD Soil Health Coalition Annual Meeting and Award Presentations
- Soil Health Systems for Offense and Profit – Mitchell Hora (presentation slides)
- Soil Context as a Decision Tool – Dr. Kris Nichols (presentation slides)
- Really? You Can’t Do That Here! – Anthony Bly (presentation slides)
- Work with No-till, Cover Crops, and Rye – Peter Sexton (presentation slides)
- Joseph Hutton and the Dust Bowl – Gwen McCausland and Tom Schumacher (presentation slides)
- Interseeding Corn – Dr. Marisol Berti (presentation slides)
- Promoting Lessons in Soil Health One Story at a Time – Amanda Radke
- Growing Connections – Cindy Zenk (presentation slides)
- Speaker Discussion Panel – Dr. Kris Nichols, Dan Forgey, Rick Clark, Bryan Jorgensen, and Roy Thompson
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
West River Soil Health School Registration Open!
In 2024, the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition will host an additional Soil Health School in west of the Missouri River! The 2024 West River Soil Health School with be held June 26-27 near Caputa, SD! This school will focus on issues specific to the land, climate, and ag production systems of wester South Dakota. Class size is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged!
News & Events
Farmer reaps higher yields by interseeding soybeans
By Stan Wise Alex Frasier has spent a lot of time studying what it takes to grow a successful crop. After studying ag production and precision technology at Lake Area Technical College, he has worked in ag retail and currently works as an agronomist in Aberdeen, SD....
Farm and ranch innovators to share new ideas at Soil Health Conference
By Stan Wise PIERRE, SD — Before Cooper Hibbard came home to manage his family’s ranch, he studied ag business, rangeland resources and Spanish at California Polytechnic State University and then worked on ranches all over the world. That education and experience...
Wintertime is decision time
By Stan Wise PIERRE, SD – It’s often said that the best time to start improving your land was 20 years ago, but the second-best time is right now. That statement might be harder for ranchers to swallow with winter on their doorstep, nothing growing in their pastures,...