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Tuesday, July 12, 2022. 2:00 PM. Webinar: Soil Health Dos and Don'ts. Keith Scoggins, Shannon Griffin, and Troyce Barnett, USDA NRCS; Steve Green, Arkansas State University; Mike Daniels and Bill Robertson, University of Arkansas; Adam Chappell, Arkansas Soil Health Alliance. Sponsored by USDA. Register here.

Participants will be able to ask questions for a round table on several soil health topics. These include:

• Cover Crop selection, seeding, termination and benefits
• Benefits to soil health by using crop rotations and crop rotations to avoid.
• Pest Management techniques including scouting and monitoring of pests, beneficial insects, pesticide carry-over and breaking the cycle of non-essential pesticide use.
• The 4-Rs in soil health system concerning nutrient management techniques.
• Cash crop establishment techniques in cover crop systems. Discuss benefits of planting green or planting after chemical termination.
• Benefits of soil health systems on water management. Specifically reductions in irrigation amounts and management techniques.