Local Soil Health Conferences, Meetings, and Workshops
- 2022 Eastern Nebraska Soil Health Conference – Feb. 2, 2022
- Nebraska On-Farm Research Network Results Meetings – Feb. 17, 2022
- Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference – 2020
Recent Presentations by Crop Tech Cafe
Local Soil Health Practices and Resources
List of practices and resources for improving soil health in southeast Nebraska: No-till/reduced-till, cover crops, diverse crop rotations, and livestock integration.
1. No-Till/Reduced-Till
- UNL CropWatch Website: Tillage and No-Till Systems
- Dakota Lakes Research Farm Library (Dwayne Beck) – List of articles
2. Cover Crops
Getting Started with Cover Crops
Cover Crop Selection Tools
NRCS/RMA Cover Crop Termination Guidelines
At planting in southeast Nebraska or up to 7 days after planting with no-till practices. Read more in the document below:
3. Diverse Crop Rotations
Four Components of Crop Diversity
- Years separating the same crop type
- Utilize both grass and broadleaf crops
- Have both spring and fall-planted crops
- Presences of warm and cool-season crops
Example (numerous other options) crop rotations for southeast Nebraska (cc – cover crop, dc – double crop, fc – forage crop):
- Corn(cc)-Soybean-Wheat(cc, fc, or dc)
- Corn-Corn(cc)-Soybean-Wheat(cc, fc or dc)
- Corn(cc)-Soybean(cc)-Corn(cc)-Soybean-Wheat(cc, fc, or dc)
- Soybean-Wheat-Alfalfa(4-6 years)-Corn-Corn(cc)-Soybean(cc)-Corn(cc)-Soybean(cc)
- Corn-Corn(cc)-Soybean(cc)
- Corn(cc)-Soybean(cc)
Learn more about diverse crop rotation concepts at Dakota Lakes Research Farm Library
Adding winter wheat into the crop rotation
Winter Wheat Works Initiative – Resources for growing winter wheat in eastern and south central Nebraska
CropWatch Article: Adding Winter Wheat into a Crop Rotation
4. Livestock Integration
More coming soon!
Other Local Resources
Other Websites
- NRCS and UNL Soil Health Initiative
- Soil Health Nexus – Soil Health Toolbox
- USDA-NRCS Soil Health
- Midwest Cover Crop Council
- Soil Health Institute
- Soil Health Partnership
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