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2022 Field to Fork Webinar Series starting February 16th! 🪴
Don Kinzler (NDSU Extension agent) will be teaching you how to turn any balcony, patio, or small space into a vegetable garden! 🥒🥕🍅
This will be the first of many Zoom webinars hosted by NDSU Extension. Check out the link to pre-register: https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/field-fork ☑️
The Midwest Cover Crop Initiative is a great way to help producers pay for planting cover crops and improve soil health! Applications are due March 28th. For more information: https://www.nfwf.org/programs/midwest-cover-crop-initiative
To apply online: https://www.nfwf.org/programs/midwest-cover-crop-initiative/midwest-cover-crop-initiative-2022-request-proposals
We’re excited to announce NFWF is partnering with ADM and USDA's NRCS to accelerate adoption of cover crops in the Midwest. We are currently requesting proposals for projects that will increase acres of cover crops in corn, soybean and wheat systems by providing farmers with technical and financial support. Approximately $2.5 million in grant funding is available.
This fund seeks to help farmers navigate agronomic, economic and social factors that often pose barriers to adoption of cover crops and other soil-health practices. Grantees will help farmers plan and implement voluntary strategies for planting cover crops and facilitate multi-year financial assistance contracts. This work will enhance wildlife, soil health, greenhouse gas reduction and water resources while providing economic benefits to participating farmers.
Proposals are due March 28. NFWF will host a webinar on February 23 to discuss this funding opportunity. Learn more and apply! https://loom.ly/sOV-N7I
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Working with grain and being around grain handling equipment are just a few of the many hazards farmers face. This week is Grain Bin Safety week and were bringing awareness to the potential dangers working with grain poses and resources to help prevent a tragedy on your farm.
NDSU Extension Grain Bin Safety >>> https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/ag-topics/farm-safety-health/farm-safety/grain-bin-safety
Nationwide Grain Bin Safety >>>https://www.mynsightonline.com/grain-bin-safety/grain-bin-safety-resources
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It's Grain Bin Safety Week! Please take this reminder into consideration and review safety on your farm.
Watch this video from the National Corn Growers Association and National Grain and Feed Foundation for more tips for avoiding grain bin entrapment.
If you were unable to attend the January 26th workshop at the Williston Research Extension Center on "Introduction to Intercropping" or if you did attend, but would like to review any of the presentations, the workshop was recorded. Recordings of the entire workshop can be found here: If you haven't already filled out their surveys, Audrey Kalil, plant pathologist at the WREC and one of the organizers of the workshop asks that you please do so. ...
If you were unable to attend the January 26th workshop at the Williston Research Extension Center on “Introduction to Intercropping” or if you did attend, but would like to review any o…
Soil Health Resources - Agricultural producers who were able to participate in the Soil Health Workshop conducted on January 20th at the Williston Research Extension Center by the Williams County Soil Conservation District and NDSU Extension had an opportunity to hear Keith Berns with Green Cover Seed talk about carbon and the importance of carbon in building healthy soil. Keith Berns, a former teacher, is a no-till farmer and co-owner of Green Cover Seed along with his brother....
Soil Health Resources – Agricultural producers who were able to participate in the Soil Health Workshop conducted on January 20th at the Williston Research Extension Center by the Williams Co…
There is still time to get your handplant orders in! Here is our revised order sheet and we are able to get Common Lilacs now! Deadline is Feb 28th!
Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) Cost-share application due dates have now changed for the 2023 planting year. Applications are now due March 11th, 2022!
We are curious who or what topics you ladies are interested in hearing for 2022 Ladies Ag Night?
Get your District Cost-Share Application in if you are ready for an upcoming conservation project!
REMINDER to get signed up by the end of the day today!
Please RSVP by January 18th!
Check out our January newsletter to fill you in on what we were up to in 2021 plus information on our prices. We are also looking for seasonal help for this year!
One of the questions producers are starting to ask is if there is money to be made with soil health, carbon sequestration, and other ecosystem services. There is a complex relationship between humans and the environment. Humans influence the environment and the environment provides humans with benefits, such as clean air, clean water, a stable climate, productive soils, etc. The services provided to humans by the environment are commonly referred to as ecosystem services....
One of the questions producers are starting to ask is if there is money to be made with soil health, carbon sequestration, and other ecosystem services. There is a complex relationship between huma…
We will be CLOSED on Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
The workshop is FREE and there is a hot lunch provided. A virtual attendance option is available, pre-registration is required. Register here: https://forms.gle/6TZLBywWi499gMhe6
Contact at (701) 774-4315 or [email protected]
Photos from NDSU Extension - Divide County's post
Happy Friday! Are you just getting started or want to get started in farming/ranching? Check out how the USDA can help you!
Article by : Lon Tonneson
Photo credit: NRCS Article by : Lon Tonneson The Natural Resources Conservation Service field office in Burke County, N.D., has had some good luck halting the spread of saline areas in cropland.Bur…
Please RSVP by January 18th!
January 20th Soil Health Workshop and Williams County Ag Improvement Meeting
January 20th Soil Health Workshop and Williams County Ag Improvement Meeting
2022 ND Conservation District Employees Association scholarship and application for students attending college in the Fall of 2022.
Must be a ND resident and needs to be pursuing a degree in ag/natural resource management/environmental or related field at a college or university in North Dakota.
Are you interested in improving your grazing land and grassland resources? Contact your local NRCS office before 12/30/21 to sign up for the Meadowlark Initiative RCPP.
For more information contact your local NRCS office or check out https://gf.nd.gov/meadowlark-initiative/programs for additional partner programs.
If you have wetlands that you’d like to improve for water quality and wildlife, contact your local NRCS office before 12/30/21 to learn more about EQIP- NORTHERN PLAINS WATER QUALITY AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM.
The following are the types of programs offered by Meadowlark Initiative partners to help producers/landowners establish and manage diverse native perennial grasses, install grazing infrastructure, and develop working grasslands for sustainable livestock grazing.
Winter Bale Grazing Eases Rancher Workload and Builds Soil Health | NRCS South Dakota
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS), Huron, S.D., December 13, 2021 – Turning the bales of summer into winter pasture grazing helps South Dakota ranchers save time, money, and reduce personal stress while improving rangeland soil health and hay production for future years.
Winner of the 2021 #HeinzAward for the Environment, Gabe Brown is recognized for leading the charge in regenerative agriculture and catalyzing the movement to change farming practices. His first-hand farming experience and passion for sharing his journey are inspiring both novice and seasoned farmers.
https://heinzawards.net/2021-recipients/
Please get your handplant orders into us by 12/31 to ensure availability.
We will be closed starting today at 2:30pm thru Friday.
We are now located at our Tree Shed full-time.
Please call 701-774-2319
Address: 14120 Hwy 2 Williston - SW Corner
A great article by Lon Tonneson!
Photo Credit: Lon Tonneson In far northern North Dakota, Jason Overby is growing extra forage for his cattle by interseeding cover crops with forage barley.Overby, Mohall, N.D., mixes hairy vetch, …
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