Posted March 10, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Watershed Academy is sponsoring a free webcast seminar on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Details are available here.
The webcast, “Improve Water Quality by Using Cover Crops and Other Conservation Practices,” will provide information on using cover crops and other conservation systems to improve water quality in agricultural landscapes. Cover crops are used to protect and improve soil, reduce sediment and phosphorus losses to nearby waterways, and increase yields.
The webcast will “introduce nutrient cycling and the importance of soil health in agricultural landscape and discuss how systems of conservation practices such as cover crops can help to improve soil nutrient retention and reduce nutrient losses.” The webcast will also provide information on common cover crop types, discussing where and why they are used.
The two-hour webcast will be available from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST
Registration information is available here.
For more information on conservation programs, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
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