Incentives to attend the 2024 Midwest Soil Health Summit available

Producers in Lake of the Woods and Roseau counties are now eligible for a $500 stipend to attend the 11th Annual Soil Health Summit sponsored by the Sustainable Farming Association. This year the summit will be held at the Courtyard Marriott in Mankato on March 13 and 14, 2024.

The topic for this year is "Managing for Profit: Soil Health Principles as a Profit Strategy."

Be a part of the Sustainable Farming Association’s biggest soil health event of the year that draws local and national experts in the field together with you for discussion, networking, and education. Farmers and ranchers, ag professionals, educators, and others are invited to explore what it means to use the soil health principles as a tool for farm profitability.

Speakers include Mitchell Hoar - Farmer and Owner of Continuum Ag, Dale Strickler – Agronomist/Author/Speaker, Burke Teichert - Ranch Management Consultant/Rancher, Stephanie Mclain – NRCS State Soil Health Specialist, Troy Salzer – Cattle Rancher, and farmers Grant Breitkeutz, Jolene Carlson, and Phil Smith.

To learn more about this event you can visit their website sfa-mn.org/midwest-soil-health-summit/

To sign up for the $500 scholarship, call the LOTW SWCD office at (218)634-1842 ext. 4

You can also email us at Staff@LakeoftheWoodsSWCD.org