Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting in Wagner, SD

When: December 10, 2024

Where: Wagner Movie Theater Banquet Room (218 Main Ave. S. Wagner, SD 57380)

Time: 9:45 AM – 3:30 PM

About:

The Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Wagner Movie Theater Banquet Room (218 Main Ave. S. Wagner, SD 57380). The Southeast Research Farm Annual Business Meeting will also occur from 12:45-1:00 p.m.

Educational presentations will focus on improving soil health through reduced tillage, diverse rotations, managing for better soil microbiology and incorporating cattle grazing annual forages and cover crops. Continuing education credits for certified crop advisors will be available.

Registration:

Registration is required. Register at https://extension.sdstate.edu/event/managing-soil-maximizing-profit-meeting

The cost to attend this meeting is $25 or free for Southeast Farm members. For more information, contact Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist or Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist.

Agenda:

• 9:15 a.m. – Registration
• 9:45 a.m. – Tillage, Rotation and Soil Health: Peter Sexton, Associate Professor, SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist and Southeast Research Farm Supervisor; and Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist
• 10:45 a.m. – Break
• 11:00 a.m. – Local Problems Need a Local Solution – DIY Boosting Beneficial Microbes: Jim Williams, St. Charles, South Dakota farmer
• 12:00 p.m. – Lunch
• 12:45 p.m. – Southeast Farm Board Meeting / elections
• 1:00 p.m. – Profitably Managing Soil, Crops, and Cattle: Brian Johnson, Frankfort, South Dakota farmer and South Dakota Soil Health Coalition
• 2:00 p.m. – Grazing Annual Forages and Cover Crops: Kevin Sedivec, NDSU Rangeland Management
• 3:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion
• 3:30 p.m. – Program Closes