Please contact Cindy Zenk at (605) 280-4190 or sdsoilhealth@gmail.com for more information or to express your interest in attending our meeting!

Tentative Agenda Includes:

-Conservation Innovation Grants -Conservation Practice Standards Update -Conservation Collaboration Grant and Agreement Update -2019 Fiscal Year Program Updates

Special Presentations Include:

-"Herbicide Interactions With With Cover Crop After Corn, Silage, and Wheat" by Gared Shaffer, Extension Weeds Field Specialist
-"Changes in Soil Organic Carbon and Land Use in the Midwest" by SDSU Dr. Cheryl Reese and Shaina Westhoff

Persons needing special accommodations should contact Kathy Irving at (605) 352-1200 or kathy.irving@sd.usda.gov at least one week in advance of the meeting date. For more information, go to www.sd.nrcs.usda.gov or call (605) 352-1200. Messages can be left on our 24-hour Voicemail messaging service by dialing 1-800-872-7502, Extension 1205.

Numerous factors may cause stress for farmers. This workshop is designed to help farmers and their families understand the signs and symptoms of chronic stress, and how to handle stress for a more productive mindset on the farm.

An evening meal will be provided for workshop participants. SDSU Extension 4-H team members will provide youth programming at each site.

-Identify stress signs and symptoms.

-Practice three everyday strategies for managing stress.

-Make an action plan for managing stress.

-Find out where to go for more help and resources.

-Be provided with brief market and climate forecasts to be better prepared, informed, and ready to take action.

Suzanne Stluka | suzanne.stluka@sdstate.edu
Krista Ehlert | krista.ehlert@sdstate.edu

We will discuss No-Till Gardening, Soil Health, Regenerative Agriculture, and answer any soil health related questions you may have. Take the opportunity to chat with other gardeners who are implementing soil health practices in their gardens.

Persons requiring special accommodations or materials in an alternate format or language please contact Baylee Lukonen at (701) 640-8827 two days prior to the event.

Save The Date! More Information To Come!

Contact Tate Lantz at (605) 343-1643 Ext. 5, blackshirts_1@hotmail.com or Dave Ollila at (605) 394-1722, david.ollila@sdstate.edu for more information.

Save The Date! More Information To Come!

Save The Date! More Information To Come!

-Watch, photograph and record bird species, livestock and wildlife
-Hear presentations from land owners and conservation experts
-Learn the connections between birds and livestock
-Enjoy two days on the beautiful South Dakota prairie

Contact Judge Jessop at (605) 280-0127 or judge.jessop@sdconservation.net for more information.

The conference objective is to contribute to the general human welfare by promoting the use of soil resource information and by developing recommendations for courses of action, including national policies and procedures, related to soil surveys and soil resource information.

Presenter: Dan Forgey, Farm Manager, Cronin Farms Topic: Regenerative Agricultural Practices in North Central South Dakota This event is free to all current SDSHC members, the cost for non-members is $25 and includes a one year membership to the Coalition. Lunch and time for an open discussion will be provided, take this opportunity to connect with other producers!

Persons requiring special accommodations or materials in an alternate format or language please contact Jim Schneider at (605) 765-2575 Ext. 105, two days prior to the event.