Building soil health is focus of Feb. 22 & 23 workshop

The public is invited to register and attend the eighth annual “Farming & Ranching for the Bottom Line” event Feb. 22 and 23, 2022. This year’s theme is “Building Soil Health: Processing the Microbiome.”

This event is being planned as a hybrid event with participants being able to choose to attend in person at Bismarck, N.D., or watch the two-day workshop online via livestream.

To attend in person at the National Center of Excellence on the campus of Bismarck State College, registration is only $30 for adults (covers both days) and includes two lunches and all breaks. Children and students are free and are encouraged to attend. Livestream is also free.

Registration

To register to attend in person or by livestream, go to: https://farming-ranching-for-bottom-line.eventbrite.com. A livestream link will be provided to those who register for this option.

Featured speakers

Keynote speakers and their main presentations are as follows:

1. Joel Williams: “Building Soil Organic Matter with Roots, Exudates and Microbes”

2. Paulo Carvalho: “Livestock Integration in Brazil”

Other speakers include Dave Archer; Derek Faust; Brian Fuchs; Bryan Jorgensen; Michael Larson; Mark Liebig; Darrell Oswald; Eric Rosenquist; Kevin Sedivec; Karen Smith; David Toledo; and Cody Zilverberg.

An agenda is available at the Menoken Farm Web site at http://www.menokenfarm.com. Menoken Farm is Burleigh County Soil Conservation District’s (BCSCD) conservation demonstration site east of Bismarck.

Questions and more information

For questions or more information, call the BCSCD office at 701-250-4518, ext. 3. Or you can e-mail Connie at [email protected]

Sponsors

This event is sponsored by Area 4 Research Farm, Bismarck State College, Morton and Burleigh SCDs, Menoken Farm, North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, NDSU Extension, NDSU Research Extension Centers, USDA Agricultural Research Service and USDA NRCS.