Sessions Tagged With 'conservation'

The trend to multifunctional rural landscapes in developed countries is characterized, in part, by the contrasting values, land uses and land management practices of rural property owners. In agricultural regions, it seems these trends are, at least in part, an expression of...

This was the November edition of North Central Region Water Network's Current Webinar series. This webinar gave an overview of conservation and water quality tracking across the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB). Discussion focused on the overall need for tracking...

Join eOrganic for a webinar on biodiversity conservation on organic farms, which takes place on October 5, 2016 at 2PM Eastern Time (1PM Central, 12PM Mountain, 11AM Pacific Time). The webinar is free and open to the public, and advance registration is required. ...

Participants will learn about the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service High Tunnel System conservation practice standard (CPS 325), Programs implementation of the practice, and implementation successes and “bumps in the road” from several States. ...

Participants will better understand the user inputs required and generated reports produced by WEPS simulation runs completed during the conservation planning process. ...

Participants will learn about WQIag and its application by different state and federal agencies. Conceptualized and...

Basics of the Endangered Species ActSponsored by the Agricultural and Food Law ConsortiumTopic:The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) protects species identified as endangered or threatened with extinction and attempts to protect the habitat on which they depend. It does so by...

Listen in as Sage Grouse Initiative rangeland conservationist Kelsey Molloy explains the benefits and challenges of working to conserve the Greater Sage-Grouse in the Western United States.This webinar is a wonderful introduction to sage grouse conservation, and is a great...

Delivery of irrigation water through farm irrigation systems from ground or surface water sources to the field requires the addition of energy. The amount of energy that must be added is affected by the type of irrigation delivery system, system pressure, elevation difference...

Join eOrganic for a webinar on NRCS Conservation Practices, Organic Management and Soil Health by Drs. Michelle Wander and Carmen Ugarte of the University of Illinois, and Susan Andrews of the NRCS . The webinar takes place on March 11 at 2PM Eastern Time (1PM Central, 12PM...

What is an energy efficient dairy farm? That will be answered along with how to trim energy costs from your dairy’s energy budget to get there. The presentation will cover refrigeration systems, milk cooling, water heating, heat recovery, the use of variable speed drives for...

Using energy efficient grain drying methods in the North Central Region has the potential to annually save about 200 million gallons of LP gas and 100 million kWh of electricity, with a value of about $308 million. This is based on a conservative energy efficiency improvement...

Presenter: Mark Hanna, Extension Agricultural Engineer, Iowa State University Reducing energy use in cropping operations involves good maintenance of equipment, reducing tillage operations, ballasting tractors properly, managing nitrogen and reducing grain drying energy use....

Presenter: John Panuska, Ph.D., Natural Resources Ext. Specialist, University of Wisconsin With the drought of 2012 behind us, it’s time to review irrigation water management and look at how we can better manage water use in the future to get high yields and high quality crops...

Any Tuesday afternoon from 3:00- 5:00 PM Eastern, drop by the Virtual State Fair in the Second Life virtual world for a gathering of educators from the land-grant system and beyond. 3:00-3:30 intros, updates and schmoozing, 3:30-4:30 program (tour, speaker or activity),...