Compost on the Farm: Building Healthier Soils from the Ground Up

Join the Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization as they host the second session of the virtual learning series Land to Lake Lectures. Compost can improve soil biology, nutrient cycling, and overall soil health when paired with practices like cover crops and conservation tillage. Farmers Eric Polacek and Brad Hagen will share their composting approaches, how compost and compost extract affect soil biology, and what they’re seeing in their fields. Discover how these complementary practices can work together to build healthier, more resilient soils.

The free webinar will be held on Tuesday, November 17, at 12:00 pm over the lunch hour. Register for the webinar at https://z.umn.edu/CompostontheFarm. The webinar will be video-recorded and posted on the CRWJPO’s website at https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov afterward for those who cannot attend.

The virtual learning sessions “Land to Lake Lectures” will continue throughout the fall and into the spring, with a different topic each month over the…