Register today for 2022 Virtual Conservation Cropping Seminar
Speakers include Logan County farmer Rick
Kaesebier
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[January 19, 2022]
Attention Illinois Farmers! Find ways to
improve soil health, learn about cover crops, remain profitable—and
even more marketable—by using sustainable techniques that build up
natural resilience to weather extremes, pests, and weeds.
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State Conservationist Ivan Dozier encourages farmers to
learn from conservationists, partners, and other Illinois
farmers by participating in this Conservation Cropping Seminar
online event. There will be a Question & Answer session as well
as helpful resources to access. For the eighth year in a row,
conservation partners offer helpful information, data, and
farmer testimonials in a one day, 3-hour online virtual
conference session on Thursday February 3rd from 9 am to 12
noon.
“While it’s not like the normal full-day, in-person get-together
held at three different Illinois locations, it’s still critical
that we keep the conservation conversation going--COVID-19 or
not! The planning committee has gathered a GREAT keynote
speaker, helpful information, and a powerful IL Farmer Panel to
tell their story and offer advice and ideas other Illinois
farmers can use on their farms,” Dozier explains. We can’t feed
you lunch virtually, so for 2022, participation at the event is
FREE—and lunch is “on your own”!
Scheduled speakers include:
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Welcome message,
Ivan Dozier, IL State Conservationist
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Russell Hedrick,
First Generation Farmer, North Carolina
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Cade Bushnell, Ogle
County, IL Farmer
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Jerry Seidel,
Jefferson County, IL Farmer
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Rick Kaesebier,
Logan County, IL Farmer
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Carbon Markets -
Jean Brokish and Dr. Emily Bruner, American Farmland Trust
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Agroforestry
Topics, Katie Adams, Savanna Institute
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Don’t miss the 2022 event! Please register online at
the Champaign County SWCD website at www.ccswcd.com, and reserve
your spot today!
The Conservation Cropping Seminars, held for the last
seven years, are organized and made possible with the involvement
and support of Illinois Department of Agriculture, USDA’s Natural
Resources Conservation Service, American Farmland Trust, the
Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency, Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership, University of Illinois
Extension, and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts in
Champaign, Jefferson, Logan, and Ogle Counties.
[Paige Buck
Public Affairs Officer
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service]
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