Resources
Resources
We have compiled a list of resources including webinars, conferences, papers, organizations, and websites with helpful information and tools that our farmers and members have used to learn from.
SSWIG can provide resources including:
Custom Cover Crop Applicators List
There are a number of operators in the area that offer custom planting services. We have compiled a list of operators that have experience in planting a wide variety of cover crops. If you are interested in incorporating cover crops onto your farm but do not have the time or equipment, reach out to our custom cover crop applicators.
Resources
Check out our some of the resources we have found to be helpful to learn more about practices such as no till, cover crops, planting green, rotational grazing, and more.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) provides funding to producer-led groups that focus on nonpoint source pollution abatement activities through the Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant Program (PLWPG).
One Good Idea is a multimedia clearinghouse where farmers can learn from other farmers about how to be successful and profitable with soil health and other stewardship practices.
Practical Farmers of Iowa works to equip farmers to build resilient farms and communities. Our values include: welcoming everyone; farmers leading the exchange of experience and knowledge; curiosity, creativity, collaboration and community; resilient farms now and for future generations; and stewardship of land and resources. Our programs are guided by the interests and priorities of our members.
Understanding Ag, LLC, is ushering in a new era of regenerative agriculture that is resulting in more productive, profitable, and resilient farms across the globe. At their individual and collective cores, UA’s team members believe there is no more important pursuit than to help you improve the health of our living and life-giving soil and they are dedicated to your growing and regenerative success.
American Farmland Trust (AFT) has developed a series of two-page guides highlighting the economic costs and benefits of farmers adopting soil health practices for crop and grazing land.
This booklet aims to inform farmers’ key partners—in particular, farm business management educators, agricultural lenders, and conservation educators and professionals—about the financial costs and benefits of conservation agriculture practices to assist their work with farmers.