What’s on this page
- About the Conference
- Location of the Conference
- Sponsor/Exhibitor Information
- 2020 Sponsors
- Agenda and printable program
- Video recordings of each speaker
About the Conference
The Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference is organized and hosted by Nebraska Extension. The conference originally was called the Southeast Nebraska No-Till Conference and dates back to 2011. The program is specifically tailored to meet the needs of area producers in southeast Nebraska with an emphasis on integrating livestock. The conference is held the beginning of March each year in Hickman, which is south of Lincoln about 10 miles. The conference attracts about 125 producers across southeast Nebraska along with numerous exhibitors. The clinic is financially supported by local partners and agribusiness exhibitors including Southeast Nebraska Corn Growers Association, Nebraska Corn Board, and USDA-SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Extension).
Location of the Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference
2020 Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference – Tuesday, March 3
Exhibitor/Sponsor Information
Please contact Nathan Mueller at for more information on being an exhibitor or sponsor in 2021
List of 2020 Sponsors
- Lancaster County Farm Bureau – Gold Level Sponsor
- Nebraska Corn Board – Gold Level Sponsor
- AgExplore
- Agnition
- AgSource
- Arrow Seed Broken Bow
- BASF
- Bunge
- Butler Machinery
- City Bank & Trust – Crete
- Climate Corporation
- Cover Crop Exhange LLC/Hybrid85
- Crete Lumber & Farm Supply
- Dekalb/Bayer
- Farm Bureau Financial Services
- Farm Credit Services Beatrice
- Farmers Cooperative – Dorchester
- First State Bank
- Fontanelle Seed
- Green Cover Seed
- Heinen Brothers Agra Services
- Hilger Agri-Natural Popcorn
- ICE Cattle Guide Rock, NE
- Lower Platte South NRD
- No Till on the Plains (NTOP)
- Pinnacle Bank Crete
- Pioneer
- Polansky Seed
- Prairie State Seed
- RENK Seed
- Roth Aerial
- Sustainable Research and Education (SARE)
- Security First Bank
- Seitec
- Southeast Nebraska Corn Growers Association
- Stock Seed Farms
- TNT Seed Express
- UNL – Wellness in Tough Times
- USDA-NRCS
- Ward Laboratories
Schedule on Tuesday, March 3
2020 Theme: “Feeding Our Below and Above Ground Livestock”
8:00 a.m Free registration, cover crop survey, refreshments, and displays
9:00 a.m. Opening Introduction – Randy Pryor – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Extension
9:05 a.m. A Systems Approach to Soil Health – Paul Jasa, UNL Extension Engineer
9:45 a.m. Cover Crops and Soil Health Research Update – Gary Lesoing, UNL Cropping Systems Extension Educator or Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson counties
10:10 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. Importance of Nutrient Cycling to Build Soil Organic Matter – Ray Ward, Ward Laboratories – Kearney, NE
11:10 a.m. Where Are We Going – Dwayne Beck, Manager – Dakota Lakes Research Farm
Noon Free Lunch – Sponsor Updates – Displays
1:10 p.m. Southeast Nebraska Corn Growers Update
1:20 p.m. Cow/Calf Grazing of Cover Crops – Mary Drewnoski, UNL Beef Systems Specialists
1:55 p.m. Don’t Forget the Basics – Dwayne Beck, Manager – Dakota Lakes Research Farm
2:45 p.m. Soil Health Panel Discussion: Integrated Livestock and Cropping Systems Utilizing Various Resources – Tyler Burkey, Blake Huls, Steve Mills, Rodney Wiese
3:30 p.m. Wrap up
Program for Printing
