2022 Soil Health Workshop
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Douglas Landblom
DREC Beef Cattle and Integrated Systems Specialist
Dickinson Research Extension Center
Office: 701-456-1109; Mobil: 701-690-8245
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Soils have been the foundation for civilizations and cultures throughout history. Whether people realize it or not, all consumers in society rely upon soils and the farmers and ranchers who grow the raw products (grains and animals) and the vast processing, shipping, and storage infrastructure that insures there is safe nutritious food on supermarket shelves. Soils and soil health are important to our culture and way of life; therefore, the DREC is dedicated to sponsoring the annual soil health workshop for farmers and ranchers, students, and anyone in general interested in soils and improving soil health. The Soil Health Workshop will be held on September 14, 2022, starting earlier this year at 8:15 am and concluding 2:00 pm to accommodate those attending from the Central Time Zone. Lunch will be provided by Bravaria Bank and Trust. Soil scientists, Larry Cihacek and Mark Liebig will present different aspects of integrated systems research conducted at the DREC and the Northern Great Plains Research Lab in Mandan, ND. After these two presentations, Justin Jacobs, Williston Research Extension Center, discusses soil health and the principles of intercropping. Intercropping is a farming practice that has gained some interest in the state and Canada in which crops with similar maturity date and either large or small seed size, and are grown together and separated after harvest. To round out the morning program, Chris Augustin will discuss the importance of asymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria to soil health. After lunch, workshop attendees will caravan to the DREC Ranch HQ located SW of Manning, ND, where the afternoon field program will be held. Discussions will include the importance of plant roots for building and maintaining soil organic matter in crop rotations, an intercropping demonstration, presentation of soil horizons and plant rooting depth, soil test for nitrogen-fixing bacteria which is different from a traditional inorganic nitrogen soil test, and the effect of grazing cattle phosphorus supplementation on soil phosphorous content.
Mark your calendars for September 14th and plan to attend this informative soil health workshop
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