Mikkonen Organic Farm has grown organic barley, black turtle beans, blue corn, flax, millet, oats, spring wheat, soybeans, sunflowers and white wheat since 1989.
Glen Rabenberg from Soil Works LLC will join us to dig into soil health on the farm. Lunch to follow.
RSVP above or email kayla@npsas.org.
Classroom and field demonstrations will be held at the farm of Kurt and Kathy Stiefvater.
The Soil Health School is designed for agricultural producers as well as anyone with an interest in learning how to manage soils for resiliency and profit. Visit our events page for more information!
Schedule
9:30 AM – Registration begins
10:00 AM – Jim Ristau, SD Corn Director of Sustainability Welcome & Introductions
10:10 AM – Craig & Gene Stehly Farm history and the importance of building organic matter through the use of soil health principles
11:00 AM – Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist “Across the fence” at the Stehly Farm
Cover Crop Tour & Soil Pit Demonstration
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Wayne Fredericks, Making Soil Health Pay in a Corn/Soybean Rotation
2:00 PM – Paul Hetland & John Lentz, Manure Management to Build Organic Matter
Please contact Cindy Zenk at (605) 280-4190 or sdsoilhealth@gmail.com for more information or to express your interest in attending our meeting!
Plot Tours:
•Rye Cover Crop Work presented by Ben Brockmueller, SDSU Grad student
•Grazing and Soil Health by Sandeep Kumar, SDSU Associate Professor
•Cover Crop Selection Criteria by Peter Sexton, SDSU Professor/Farm Manager
•Herbicide Impacts on Cover Crops by Gared Shaffer, SDSU Extension Field Specialist
•Corn Grazing by Brad Rops, SDSU Southeast Farm Operations Manager
Indoor Presentations:
•Turning Silage into Beef, Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Beef Feedlot Management
•Annual Forages at the Southeast Farm, Peter Sexton and Brad Rops, SDSU Southeast Farm
•Stacking Enterprises and Full-Season Cover Crops at the Black Leg Ranch; Jerry Doan
•Q & A – open time for discussion
Integrating Livestock, Cover Crops, & Grazing
-Steve Halverson, Farmer/Rancher, Kennebec, SD
-Adam Ehlers, Farmer/Rancher, Presho, SD
-Ryan Willert, USDA-NRCS
Please RSVP to Jamie Chalcraft at (605) 280-4199 or jamie.soilhealth@sdconservation.net by September 11th.
Topics:
-Selecting The Right Mix For Your Goals
-Interseeding Of Cover Crops
-Cover Crops For Grazing
-Planting Green & Weed Suppression
-Full Season Cover Crops & Marginal Ground
Tour Stops: Eliason Farm, Ryan Larson, Anthony Bly, Bruce Carlson
Please contact Austin Carlson at austin.soilhealth@sdconservation.net (605) 323-8061, or Maddy Rabenhorst at rabenhorst@ncga.com for additional information.
The event is AgriCulture on the Square = it's an opportunity to engage our South Dakota urban families with hands-on agriculture education. An educated consumer is our best customer!
For more information, visit MainStreetSquareRC.com.
Day 1: Keynote speaker, breakout sessions, "Weathering The Storm" Workshop For Producers, Workshop Fee $5
For any questions about the summit, please contact: Krista Ehlert, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Range Specialist, krista.ehlert@sdstate.edu or 605-394-2236
The South Dakota Sheep Growers Association’s 82nd Annual Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn in Spearfish, SD on Friday, September 27th and Saturday, September 28th, 2019. The convention continues to provide an excellent opportunity for sheep producers from across the state of SD and surrounding states to gather the latest information on topics relating to sheep and the sheep industry. Our 2-day convention will be full of information, networking and of course, a lot of fun.
Lisa Surber
SDSGA Executive Sect. lisa@sdsheepgrowers.org Cell 406-581-7772