Soil Health Institute’s Cotton Webinar Series Now Online
April 27, 2020 The Soil Health Institute (SHI) has released the first episode of its new Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton webinar series for cotton producers across the country.
The webinar series is publicly available on SHI’s YouTube Channel and Soil Health Training webpage, with a new episode available weekly until mid-May.
“We are glad that we can offer this webinar series to cotton producers who were unable to attend our in-person events,” said David Lamm, project manager of Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton. “This targeted soil health training offers relevant information to consultants, scouts and other agribusiness representatives, as well as other producers, in implementing more sustainable farming operations.”
The webinar series features foundational training from soil health scientists and technical specialists to help viewers better understand soil health and function. Starting with a presentation on the importance of soil health, the webinars will help producers, crop consultants and other advisors design and implement a soil health management system.
Subsequent episodes will explore the links between soil biology and soil health, examine soil health planning principles, help innovators rethink management paradigms related to nutrient and pest management, and guide producers through identifying key soil health indicators and management practices that can be applied to their operations.
The webinar series is part of the Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton project, which provides farmer-focused education and training events delivered by SHI scientists, partnering with soil health technical specialists and cotton farmers who have implemented successful soil health management systems. The project aims to increase the adoption of soil health management systems among cotton producers while documenting environmental and economic benefits.
Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton is supported through the generosity of the Wrangler brand, the VF Corporation Foundation and the Walmart Foundation. For more information about the project and access to the webinar series, visit the project’s webpage.
Based on information provided by the Soil Health Institute
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