The conference convenes every other year on the even-numbered year to discuss and develop solutions to issues of national concern to the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

Participants of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) include representatives from the 1862 land-grant universities, experiment stations, NRCS, USFS, NPS, BLM, BIA, EPA, USFWS, National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA), National Association of Consulting Soil Scientists, the 1890 land-grant universities, and western tribal colleges. Other interested foreign and domestic groups, such as lead scientists from Canada, Mexico, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia are invited to participate as users of soil surveys. We also welcome students and their contributions to the future of soil survey.

Registration begins at 8:15 am. with the first session from 8:45 a.m. to 9:10 a.m., with farmer Dick Nissen, sharing his experience on “No-tilling Along the Vermillion River.”

From 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., veteran no-till, cover cropper, and inter seeder Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, will discuss “How No-Till and Cover Crops Help Manage Wet Weather.”

Break, 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., SDSU Southeast Farm’s Dr. Pete Sexton will discuss No-Till at the SDSU Southeast Farm.

10:50 a.m. to 12 p.m. noon, farmer Loran Steinlage, will share “How to Start Inter Seeding Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health and Profitability.”

12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Complimentary meal

If you plan on attending the morning session and staying for the noon meal, please RSVP for the meal count, by 11 a.m., CDT, Friday, July 6, to Cindy Zenk, South Dakota Soil Health Coalition Executive Director, cindy.soilhealth.sdconservation.net, 605-280-4190

$10.00 Registration by July 6th, 2018. Reserve your lunch!!

TO PRE‐REGISTER, VISIT:
http://www.sdcorn.org/events/salinesodic‐soil‐workshop/
$10 registration fee collected at the door. Walk‐ins welcome.

Questions regarding the meeting:
Contact Cheryl Reese at Cheryl.Reese@sdstate.edu or 605‐688‐6309

Join us for the 2018 SDSU Southeast Research Farm Field Days!

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

1:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.