Come to this LSP farmer-to-farmer workshop to learn more about how to apply economics in a way that improves the financial and soil health of your farm.
Putting a dollar value on soil health practices and gains is an ongoing challenge for farms in transition. One of the challenges is that the improvement of soil health is a long-term process. According to Iowa State University Extension, soil health economics can be viewed in two ways: 1) the impact of a low-input farm system that drives operating costs down (labor, fuel, machinery, chemicals, etc.); and 2) its effect on improving soil structure, water-holding capacity, biology, and nutrient cycling.
The good news is farmers in the region are finding innovative and practical ways of determining the value of soil-building practices such as reduced tillage, no-till, cover cropping, and managed grazing of livestock by focusing on return on investment (ROI). Join us on March 19 for a great farmer-to-farmer discussion.
The Soil Health Economics: Learn the Value of Low-Input, Soil-Building Farm Systems workshop is co-sponsored by the Winneshiek Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Preregistration is required.
REGISTER: https://secure.everyaction.com/90GVTLwRY0eT87nd7hcxlw2
The snow date is Thursday, March 21.
For more information, contact LSP’s Alex Romano at [email protected].