How healthy are your soils? See how continuous no-till production helps boost soil health and what it means for your bottom line. Get equipment setup tips, hear how to integrate livestock onto your no-till operation, view our soil pit and rainfall simulator, and learn from no-till experts.

Cost $30 for non-members, $15 for members.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED BUT WE WILL TAKE WALK-INS THE DAY OF THE EVENT. 

Printable Agenda

• 8:00 a.m. Registration                                                                                                                                                                                      
  Heinemann Farms, 1/8 mile east of the intersection of 571 Ave 849 Road. 3 miles east and 3 miles south of Winside, NE.
• 8:30 a.m. Welcome
• On-Farm Demonstrations
  • Dan Gillespie, No-till Specialist   
    NRCS, Norfolk, NE
    Rainfall Simulator presentation & soil demonstrations
  • Dr. Ray Ward, President
    Ward Laboratories, Kearney, NE
    See soil quality, structure and health in the horizons in the soil pit
  • Paul Jasa, Extension Engineer
    Nebraska Extension, Lincoln, NE
    No-till planting equipment and system management
• 12:00 p.m. Lunch
  Winside Auditorium 
  424 Main St. Winside, NE 68790
• Afternoon Presentations 4:00 p.m. Interactive Q & A
  • Keith Berns
    Green Cover Seed, Bladen, NE
    Carbonomics-The economy of the soil
  • Scott Heinemann
    Continuous no-till producer, Winside, NE
    Getting started with no-till and cover crops in northeast Nebraska

  • Dan Stelling
    Continuous no-till and livestock producer, Pierce, NE
    Integrating livestock into a no-till cropping operation

Funded in part by the Nebraska Environmental Trust, USDA NRCS and Nebraska Extension. Sponsored by Green Cover Seed, Arrow Seed/Soil Builder Cover Crops and the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

Nebraska Environmental Trust

Arrow Seed

Green Cover Seed

USDA NRCS

University of Nebraska Extension