DARLINGTON - Lafayette County farmland owners can learn how to manage soil on their land to increase crop yields and benefit water quality at a lunch-and-learn at 10 a.m. Jan. 23 at the Town Bank in Darlington.
After registration, the event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Anyone planning to attend should call Natalie Cotter at 224-4611. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided.
The featured presentation will be "Is Your Soil Healthy and Can It Pass the Test?" Jeff Deniger and Brian Hillers, both with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will go over basic principles of improving soil health and discuss tools to measure soil quality.
The event is a kickoff for the Lafayette County Water Quality Improvement Project. The five-year project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture NRCS, provides $600,000 through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. NRCS is joining with 12 regional partners to provide technical and financial assistance to landowners in the Pecatonica and Southwest Lead Mine Region Agricultural Enterprise Areas to install or adopt conservation practices.
Cost-share money is in addition to that already available in the county. The partners include government agencies, conservation organizations, agricultural groups and local civic groups. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is taking the lead.
The project will offer workshops, field days and demonstrations in the future and provide opportunities for citizen science to monitor water quality. Staff from the conservation agencies will work with landowners to provide technical assistance in developing conservation practices and help them access cost-sharing plans.
More information is available at datcp.wi.gov; search for "RCPP."
After registration, the event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Anyone planning to attend should call Natalie Cotter at 224-4611. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided.
The featured presentation will be "Is Your Soil Healthy and Can It Pass the Test?" Jeff Deniger and Brian Hillers, both with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will go over basic principles of improving soil health and discuss tools to measure soil quality.
The event is a kickoff for the Lafayette County Water Quality Improvement Project. The five-year project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture NRCS, provides $600,000 through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. NRCS is joining with 12 regional partners to provide technical and financial assistance to landowners in the Pecatonica and Southwest Lead Mine Region Agricultural Enterprise Areas to install or adopt conservation practices.
Cost-share money is in addition to that already available in the county. The partners include government agencies, conservation organizations, agricultural groups and local civic groups. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is taking the lead.
The project will offer workshops, field days and demonstrations in the future and provide opportunities for citizen science to monitor water quality. Staff from the conservation agencies will work with landowners to provide technical assistance in developing conservation practices and help them access cost-sharing plans.
More information is available at datcp.wi.gov; search for "RCPP."
