"I enjoyed my time on the farm, but as we get older our priorities change, and for me right now, spending more time with my wife and kids was the most important thing," Tim said while sitting at the kitchen table with Kim, the girls playing nearby. Kim, a nurse, left her position to stay home with the children last August. Grains Council, U.S.Working on the farm, but not living on the farm, he was there all the time and missing a lot of what was going on in the lives of his three young daughters, Katelyn, Kiersten and Keeley.Oklahoma Pork Council's Kylee Deniz Offers a State of the Pork Industry Thu, 13:21:39 CDT.After Last Week's Improvements, Oklahoma Drought Conditions Decline Again Thu, 14:21:42 CDT.Oklahoma Grain Elevator Cash Bids as of 2 p.m.Grain Prices to Hold Steady According to Crop Marketing Specialist, Kim Anderson Thu, 15:55:08 CDT.Feeder Steers and Heifer Higher, Steer Calves Higher, Heifer Calves Mostly Steady at Woodward Livestock Auction Fri, 03:30:01 CDT.Continuing Education Credits will be offered.
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Registration is free but required to participate. Panelists ranging from a farmer to a university educator to a Regional Director of USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program will share their experiences and creative techniques for increasing effectiveness of soil health education programs. That afternoon, a panel on “Creating Impactful Learning Opportunities in Soil Health Education Programs” will be led by one of SHI’s soil health educators. Management impacts on the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, and soil microbiome will be presented, culminating in an announcement of the Institute’s recommended measurements for assessing soil health across North America and beyond. 12), scientists from SHI will present results of a 3-year, $6.5-million project to assess and identify the most effective measurements of soil health. Recommended Measurements of Soil Health for North America The session will close with a presentation on the “ Initiative,” which uses soil health to address food security and climate goals at a global scale. Lessons learned from implementing such strategies at a regional scale will be described by Truterra, while programs to address climate change through soil health at the national scale will be presented by leaders from USDA-NRCS and Dairy Management, Inc. This session will include a presentation by SHI on comparing strategies for assessing soil carbon stocks. 11 is “Climate Change Mitigation through Soil Health,” a session that discusses current programs ranging from local to global initiatives. Insights into supply chain standards to further connect the market for fiber grown using soil health systems will be provided by a third panel of leaders from the Textile Exchange Cotton, Inc. will discuss how they are supporting farmers in adopting soil health practices to achieve societal, environmental, and other goals. In the second panel, leaders from Ralph Lauren, Walmart Foundation, VF Corporation, and Levi Strauss & Co. In the first panel, farmers will discuss the challenges they encountered and overcame when adopting regenerative soil health systems in different soils and climates. This presentation will be followed by a session entitled “Engaging Commodities for Scaling Adoption of Regenerative Soil Health Systems in Cotton.” In this session, which features three panel discussions, participants will learn about the tactics different organizations and individuals are using to bring on-farm and environmental benefits of soil health to scale. The keynote presentation for this year’s meeting will be provided by Jane Ewing, Senior Vice-President for Sustainability, Walmart. Attendees at this year’s annual meeting of the Soil Health Institute can expect a content-rich program ranging from scientific results to their translation and implementation, all designed to increase on-farm and environmental benefits by “Scaling Up Soil Health.” The Soil Health Institute (SHI) has released the agenda for its upcoming annual meeting to be held virtually on Aug.
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