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Salt Affected Soil Management Workshop and Field Tour
June 29, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
When: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where: AGTEGRA, 535 415th Avenue, Carpenter, SD 57322
Registration: FREE
Please PRE‐REGISTER to help with lunch count.
VISIT: https://www.sdcorn.org/events/soil‐workshop‐and‐field‐tour‐june2021
Lunch sponsored by SD Corn Council and SD Pheasants Forever.
Contact: Cheryl Reese at Cheryl.Reese@sdstate.edu or 605‐688‐6309
Agenda
8:30 AM – Registration / Coffee/ Doughnuts
9:00 AM – Welcome, NRCS and SD Corn
9:10 AM – Cheryl Reese, SDSU – Salt affected soils in Eastern SD… will this problem ever end?
9:35 AM – Shaina Westhoff, SDSU – Soil testing for salts: Recommended soil tests and interpretation of results
10:00 AM – Sharon Clay, SDSU – Managing salt affected soils…future options?
10:25 AM – Discussion / Question Session
10:35 AM – Break, Sponsor: TBA
10:45 AM – Scott Hamilton, Hitchcock, SD – Experiences managing salt affected soils in Central South Dakota
11:10 AM – SDSU, Speaker, David Clay – Tile to move salts in saline / sodic soils, what works?
11:35 AM – USDA NRCS; Pheasants Forever – Options / cost sharing to manage saline / sodic field areas.
12:00 PM – Discussion / Question Session
12:15-1:15 PM – Lunch, Sponsor: Pheasants Forever and SD Corn
Afternoon Activities (1:15 – 2: 30 PM) (Direction map provided at session)
Demonstrations (subject to change): Drone flight demonstrations, SDSU; Soil Biology in Salty Soils, SDSU
Saline / Sodic Soil Pits Field Sites: Pit 1: Soil, Saline soil under perennial management, NRCS; Pit 2: Soil, Saline soil under crop management, NRCS