2024 Ag Soil Health Meeting

7:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Three presentations, field tour, and no-cost, zero-waste lunch!

Location: USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center

2000 NE Granger Rd, Corvallis OR

Access the location from Granger Road via the gravel driveway located about one mile west of Hwy 20. There is no access directly from Hwy 20, contrary to Google Maps.

FREE. Registration strongly encouraged - register below!

For more information contact: Teresa Matteson / Tmatteson@bentonswcd.org / 541-840-3616

As a farmer, you know exactly where good soil and poor soil are in your fields. Are you interested in conversations that bring farmers’ field observations and scientists’ research together?

Please join us for three presentations, a field tour, and no-cost, zero-waste LUNCH! Learn from local researcher about soil health assessments, conservation cover crops, and connecting field management to soil nitrate. Tour trial plots of pollinator plants for hazelnut orchard floors.

The 2024 Ag Soil Health Meeting is a collaboration between Benton SWCD, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

A poster for the 2024 Ag Soil Health Meeting by Benton Soil & Water Conservation District, with event details, topics, and a woman in a field. — Click to enlarge

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