Join Cover Crop Webinar Week, Feb. 10-14

By Alena Whitaker

Iowa Learning Farms and Midwest Cover Crop Council are teaming up to produce a weeklong series of webinars covering multiple critical topics regarding implementation and management of cover crops on row crop farms in the Midwest. Taking place at noon CST Feb. 10-14, the hourlong webinars will feature presenters from Iowa State University, University of Minnesota Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Missouri Extension, Purdue University and Illinois Extension.

Cover Crop Webinar Week Schedule

• Monday, Feb. 10, 12-1 p.m. CST – Managing Risks When Using Herbicides in a Cover Crop System, with Liz Stahl, University of Minnesota Extension and Dan Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Tuesday, Feb. 11, 12-1 p.m. CST – Corn Disease Concerns Following Cover Crops, with Alison Robertson, Iowa State University
• Wednesday, Feb. 12, 12-1 p.m. CST – From Ruts to Roots: Strategies to Protect and Rebuild Compacted Soils, with Aaron Daigh, University Nebraska-Lincoln
• Thursday, Feb. 13, 12-1 p.m. CST – Equipment Considerations for Cover Crops, with Charles Ellis, University of Missouri Extension
• Friday, Feb. 14, 12-1 p.m. CST – Cover Crops in Challenging Conditions, with Eileen Kladivko, Purdue University, and Nathan Johanning, Illinois Extension

Viewers can access any of the webinars through a single free registration. Participants in the live webinars will be encouraged to submit questions for the speakers to address at the end of the session. The webinars will be recorded and archived on the Midwest Cover Crops Council YouTube page for future viewing.

To join each webinar,

• Participants may click this link or type this web address into an internet browser: https://iastate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xtAwWxycQZW8iwtNLz34GA.
• Or, go to https://iastate.zoom.us/join and enter webinar ID 999 3709 5398.
• Or, join via phone. Dial 646-876-9923 with webinar ID 999 3709 5398.

Registered participants are also invited to participate in the weekly ILF Conservation Webinar Series taking place each Wednesday at noon central time.

To learn more about archived and upcoming ILF webinars, please visit the Iowa Learning Farms website.

About Iowa Learning Farms

Established in 2004, Iowa Learning Farms is building a Culture of Conservation by encouraging adoption of conservation practices. Farmers, researchers and ILF team members are working together to identify and implement the best management practices that improve water quality and soil health while remaining profitable. Partners of Iowa Learning Farms include the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources, EPA Section 319 Grant Program and GROWMARK Inc.

About Midwest Cover Crop Council

Established in 2006, the mission of the Midwest Cover Crops Council is to facilitate widespread adoption of cover crops across the Midwest. We empower a network of producers, landowners, researchers, industry, agencies, extension, and government stakeholders to increase cover crop adoption by creating education/outreach programs, decision tools, and science-based materials, providing technical expertise to inform better policy, and promoting new research on cover crops in the Midwest region.