Nutrient Stewardship Virtual Field Days
The Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Board of Directors considers environmental action to be an organizational priority, following through by continuing to commit significant resources to do the job. Since 2015, IFB has committed over $1.5 million to support implementation of the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS).
The IFB Nutrient Stewardship Grant Program and Woodchip Bioreactor Partnership are examples of how IFB and county Farm Bureaus (CFBs) partner with other organizations to create lasting impacts in nutrient stewardship. Funding these projects allows agriculture to take an innovative approach to improving soil health and water quality.
Due to COVID-19, the decision was made to cancel all in-person nutrient stewardship field days. In place of in-person events, IFB worked to produce virtual field days to share the work of counties and their partners involved in the IFB Nutrient Stewardship Grant Program and Woodchip Bioreactor Partnership.
Nutrient Stewardship Virtual Field Days
The following information will be provided for each Nutrient Stewardship Virtual Field Day:
- a brief summary of the effort
- video links to speaker presentations
- a booklet of preliminary results
Certified Crop Advisors can receive self-reported Continuing Education Units (CEUs) after watching the videos for each of these virtual field days. For more information, and to find the self-reporting form, visit www.certifiedcropadviser.org and click “Self-Report CEUs.”
Please contact Raelynn Parmely, IFB environmental program manager, at rparmely@ilfb.org with any questions.