Soil Health Field Day: Understanding Biological Soil Tests

This is a 201 level workshop.

Join Sustainable Farming Association consultants Kent Solberg and Jonathan Kilpatrick, along with staff from the Lake of the Woods and Roseau County Soil and Water Conservation Districts for a soil health field day in Northern Minnesota.

We will begin in the classroom, looking over the results of soil health tests (Haney, PLFA, and Total Nutrient Digestion) taken this spring from local producers farms.

We will then tour the 3 farms where the tests were taken to see the crops and do hands-on soil health testing (water infiltration, aggregation, and penetrometer) and visually assess the condition of the soils.

With a better understanding of how soil functions and how biology unlocks nutrients and makes them available to the plants, you can learn how to lower input costs in your cropping rotation!

Lunch is provided. Free admission. Registration requested.

Presented in collaboration with Lake of the Woods and Roseau County Soil and Water Conservation Districts.