Land Treatment (Field Evaluation for Conservation Practices)

Description

Professionals who are practiced at evaluating a field for agronomic concerns will learn to assess a field for conservation concerns. This day-long on-farm and classroom training is intended for Technical Service Providers. Instructors will walk a farm with students to explain how to evaluate the need to control sediment losses, and ephemeral, gully, and sheet and rill erosion. Instructors will then explain how to select conservation practice alternatives that fit the farm’s landscape and producer’s management system and objectives. Emphasis will be placed on protecting the soil and water resources – especially for fields receiving nutrient applications. Knowledge gained will help qualify TSPs to work on the Land Treatment portions of CNMPs and nutrient management plans without relying heavily on agency personnel for help.

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Who Should Attend?

Technical Service Providers and other agronomists who work with producers to implement some portion of conservation planning, prepare Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs), write nutrient management plans, etc. and need to have knowledge of soil erosion and how it is predicted or modeled.

Pre-requisites

Participants will need knowledge of the RUSLE2 soil loss model and have some experience using the program.

CEUs

CCA Continuing Education Credits will be available.