This hands on, in field program emphasizing crop and pest management diagnostic skill building will help you enhance your troubleshooting and crop management skills. This course features:

Join Jeff Duchene and Jared Holm for a webinar on Brush Management, Conservation Practice Standard 314, exploring how this conservation practice addresses resource concerns related to soil, water, plants, and animals. Learn how unmanaged brush can deplete soil organic matter, degrade soil organism habitats, reduce water quality, and increase wildfire risks. We'll cover strategies for controlling invasive species, promoting native plant communities, and balancing forage availability with wildlife habitat needs.

Learn how to plan a successful conservation focused event that leaves your audience impacted and ready for action during this virtual event. Free tools and templates will be provided.

What goes into creating a fertilizer recommendation? Dr. Daniel Kaiser discusses the approach the University of Minnesota takes in creating fertilizer recommendations along with covering similarities and differences with surrounding states. This session covers how recommendations are made for each crop, why they are different in different regions, why soil testing is important, and how the research is conducted. There is also information on up and coming changes to recommendations.

April 2025 webinar training for CREP wetland restoration practices and application workbook  

The Irrigation RCPP Team is offering a technical training workshop for irrigation practices. This training consists of two days mixed with classroom presentations, hands-on exercises, and in field demonstrations all at the Central Lakes College facility.

This year’s series explores how forest management impacts wildlife habitats, economic decisions, and climate resilience. Forests play a critical role in supporting Minnesota’s diverse wildlife, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds at every stage of succession - early, mid, or late. Join us to learn how to identify the stage of your forest, discover which wildlife thrive in each stage, and explore management strategies that create resilient habitats while meeting economic and environmental goals.

Apply now to join the Midwest Cover Crops Council 2025 cohort for Cover Crop Essentials, a multi-state, online course on all things cover crops! Highlights for this training include:

 Join us to discuss the complexities of early successional habitat management on private and public lands. We will also go over some species that benefit from this management. We will learn about/discuss the impacts of parcelization, ag practice changes, changes in the forestry market and the biofuel market & how those impact this work. After lunch, we will have a field trip to see some work in action and further our discussion.