University of Illinois's Summer Drainage Workshop
2019-08-06 00:00 - 2019-08-08 00:00 (America/Chicago) | Richland Community College – Decatur, IL

Farm Fest
2019-08-06 08:00 - 2019-08-08 16:00 | Gilfillan Estate, 28269 Highway 67, Morgan, MN, 56266, United States

Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership's Advanced Conservation Drainage Training (Drainage Water Management)
2019-08-07 00:00 | Richland Community College – Decatur, IL ​

Bioreactor, Saturated Buffer and Oxbow Field Day
2019-08-08 18:00 - 20:00
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms, will host a conservation practice showcase field day on Thursday, August 8th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Iowa State University Uthe Farm near Madrid. The event is free, open to the whole family and includes a complimentary meal. The field day will begin with the meal and an opportunity to visit the Iowa Learning Farms Conservation Station On The Edge trailer. Following the meal, attendees will have the opportunity to tour four conservation practices installed at the farm. The stops will include a saturated buffer with Tom Isenhart, ISU Natural Resource Ecology and Management Professor, bioreactor with Michelle Soupir, ISU Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Associate Professor, and Natasha Hoover, ISU Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Research Associate, oxbow wetland with Adam Janke, ISU Natural Resource Ecology and Management Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist, and Sean McCoy, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Environmental Specialist, and a pollinator habitat demonstration with Seth Appelgate, ISU Monarch Research Team. The event is free and open to the whole family, but reservations are suggested to ensure adequate space and food. Please RSVP to Liz Juchems at 515-294-5429 or ilf@iastate.edu.

Contractor Information Meeting
2019-08-13 09:00 - 12:00 | United Faith Church Community Room, 1975 US 275, Sidney, IA - Iowa, 51652
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development is in the beginning stages of a project through the Iowa
Watershed Approach that will design and install over $5.3 million of best management practices throughout
Fremont and Mills County, IA. This will include a variety of practices such as: dams/ponds, sediment basins,
terraces, wetlands, buffers, stream bank stabilization, bioreactors, and more.
This project is funded through HUD and will be bid through a competitive bid process which will include
requirements such as Davis Bacon Wages. We anticipate there to be multiple bidding construction phases to
begin in late 2019 and run through 2021. To learn more about the bidding and construction requirements
please attend this Contractor’s Information Meeting. Members of the project team will be available to
answer questions and refreshments will be provided.

Indiana Water Summit
2019-08-14 17:00 - 2019-08-15 17:00 | Connor Prairie ane the Athenaeum

Dakota Fest
2019-08-20 09:00 - 2019-08-22 17:00 | Schlaffman Farm, 2300 East Spruce Street, Mitchell, SD, 57301, United States

CTIC'S 12th ANNUAL CONSERVATION IN ACTION TOUR
2019-08-20 17:30 - 2019-08-21 20:30 | Des Moines, IA
Highlights of the tour include:

A visit to the LICA Farm, an 80-acre demonstration site featuring constructed conservation systems
Installation of a wood chip bioreactor
Iowa Learning Farms’ Conservation Station on the Edge demonstration trailer
The chance to drive Growmark’s sprayer training simulator
Dinner at the Jester Park Lodge
and more.

Conservation in Action Tour
2019-08-21 08:00 - 2019-08-22 17:00
The tour includes farm visits, a tour of a cutting-edge ag retail operation, a close-up look at the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors Association (LICA) demonstration farm, and talks by leading policy makers, researchers, conservation agriculture specialists and ag retailers from the state and national levels.

Other highlights include:

An address by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig at the tour’s opening social at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates;
Talks by Katie Flahive of US EPA and Kurt Simon, state conservationist for Iowa with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service;
An opportunity to drive a state-of-the-art sprayer training simulator;
A demonstration of New Leader’s cutting-edge fertilizer spreading technology;
Dinner at the beautiful Jester Park Lodge;
and more.

MN LICA Fall Board Meeting
2019-08-22 00:00

Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy
2019-08-23 09:30 - 14:30 | American Legion, 501 N Main St., Reynolds, IL 61279
Edge of field practices workshop & tour

Farm Progress Show
2019-08-27 00:00 - 2019-08-29 00:00 | Macon County Fair, 3700 N Westlawn Ave, Decatur, IL, 62526, United States

Bioreactor 7 monarch habitat field day
2019-08-29 17:30 - 19:30 | Rob Stout’s farm near Washington, 2449 Hemlock Avenue, Washington, IA - Iowa, 52353

Managing farmland drainage workshop
2019-08-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 1327 SE Marshall Street., Boone, IA - Iowa, 50325
workshop to focus on issues faced by women landowners

Iowa State Univ. SE Research and Demonstration Fall Field Day
2019-09-05 17:30 - 20:00

Husker Harvest Days
2019-09-10 00:00 - 2019-09-12 00:00 | Grand Island, NE

Michigan LICA farm drainage field day
2019-09-12 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-13 09:00 - 16:00

A Changing Landscape
2019-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Volstorf Ballroom Student Union South Dakota State University Campus Brookings, SD
The ESDWC welcomes presentations on a variety of topics including but not limited to:

Watershed Science and Management
Non-Point Source Pollution Management
State and Regional Water Quality Monitoring Programs
Water Quality Modeling
Agricultural and Urban Best Management Practices
Wetland Science and Management
Invasive and Nuisance Aquatic Species
Harmful Algal Blooms
Fisheries Science and Management
Groundwater Science and Management
Climate

Cover Crops, Tillage, and Trout: How Are They Connected?
2019-09-16 11:30 - 15:00 | Roger Helgeson Farm on Rice Creek, Rice County, Northfield MN Area
This field day will explore the watershed connections between agriculture,
conservation, water quality, and wildlife habitat.
Featuring:
Farmer panel on cover crops and conservation tillage
Electro fishing demonstration and habitat discussion
Stream table and aquatic insect presentation

Farm Science Review
2019-09-17 00:00 - 2019-09-19 00:00 | Molly Caren Agricultural Center, London, Ohio

Plastic Pipe Institute- Semi Annual Meeting
2019-10-13 08:00 - 2019-10-16 17:00 | Milwaukee, WI

Minnesota Water Resources Conference
2019-10-15 08:00 - 2019-10-16 17:00 | Saint Paul RiverCentre

ADMC Annual Membership Meeting
2019-10-29 09:00 - 14:00 | Lower Level- 7900 International Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55425
Please RSVP to Jeanne Hansen
507.451.0073
jhansen@admcoalition.com

2019 Drainage Research Forum
2019-11-26 08:30 - 16:00 | McCrory Gardens, Brookings, SD
Gary Sands and Lindsay Pease, University of Minnesota Extension
Matt Helmers, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
John McMaine, South Dakota State University Extension
Chris Hay, Iowa Soybean Association

Drainage Water Quality Practices Workshop Will Cover Options
2019-12-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Webster County office, 217 S. 25th St., Suite C12, Fort Dodge
The workshop also qualifies for Certified Crop Adviser credits.

Iowa Learning Farms December Webinar
2019-12-18 12:00 - 17:00

Ohio LICA Winter Convention
2020-01-06 08:00 - 2020-01-07 17:00
Details to follow-

Discovery Farms Summit
2020-01-07 08:00 - 2020-01-08 17:00

Webinar: Understanding the Nation’s Water Resource Challenges
2020-01-09 14:00 - 15:00
