You
can unlock the secrets within the soil and improve crop yields by learning the
key ingredients to managing soil at the Soil Health Workshop. This workshop
will give basic knowledge of how soil works and how management practices affect
the services that soil provides. Knowing the secrets to your soil will help you
determine the practices that best fit your farm and your management goals.
Topics
include:
•
Soil
Biology demystified - learn how microbial life is needed for crop nutrient
uptake
•
Dynamic
properties of soil translated - managing for soil structure can help crops
withstand drought
•
Cover
Crops rationalized - a great tool for improving soil health but just one part of
the whole picture
•
Management
techniques analyzed - learn how to protect the greatest resource on your farm
January
13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Vandalia MO at the First Baptist Church Multipurpose
Building 111 Main Street, Vandalia, MO.
Deadline to register is January 1, 2014.
January
27, 9 am to 4 pm – Edina MO at the Knox County Community Center, 207 N 4th
Street, Edina, MO. Deadline to register is January 13, 201.
Additional
workshops in other areas of the state are being planned. Towns and dates include (specific locations
to come):
February
3 – Marshall, MO (Saline County)
February
11 – Butler, MO (Bates County)
March 4
– Kennett, MO (Dunklin County)
March 11
– Lamar, MO (Barton County)
March 18
– Sikeston, MO (Scott County)
March 25
– Albany, MO (Gentry County)
Registration: $10 – lunch provided. Make checks payable to “Soil Health Workshop”
and mail to Jill Staples, Soil Health Workshop, MU-BREC, 4968 Rangeline Rd.
Columbia, MO 65201.
Brought to you by the University of Missouri Bradford Research Center sponsored by NRCS.
For
any questions contact Jill Staples
at 573-239-2179.
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