Conservation Training

CONSERVATION TRAINING VIDEOS AND RESOURCES
MDA's Office of Resource Conservation provides conservation training on a variety of soil health and natural resource topics. The following training videos are currently available. Please check back often for new offerings.

Soil Health Training - May 10, 2022

Demonstration of Maryland Soil Health Card (19:59)
Station 1: Soil Pit: Perennial Cover (18:27)
Station 2: Soil Pit: Annual Cover (13:40)
Station 3: Cover Crop Rate Trials (27:59)
Station 4: Equipment Demonstrations (27:35)
Station 5: Northeast Cover Crop Council Program and Research Overviews (27:24)

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Maryland Soil Health Card

Soil Health Training | 19 min 59 sec
Join NRCS Soil Scientist Annie Rossi-Gill for an overview of Maryland's updated Soil Health Card.

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Soil Pit: Perennial Cover
Soil Health Training | 18 min 27 sec
Phil Clements, Soil Scientist for the Southern Maryland region, discusses the soil health benefits of perennial cover crops.

Soil Pit: Annual Cover
Soil Health Training | 13 min 40 sec
NRCS Soil Scientist Annie Rossi-Gill reviews the soil health benefits of annual cover.

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Cover Crop Rate Trials
Soil Health Training | 27 min 59 sec
David Kidwell Slak, Manager of the NRCS Plant Materials Center, discusses cover crop rate trials.

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Equipment Demos
Soil Health Training | 27 min 59 sec
R. Jay Uglansky, resource conservationist with NRCS, showcases different types of seeding equipment and discusses planting green.

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Northeast Cover Crop Council
Soil Health Training | 27 min 24 sec
Victoria Ackroyd, Program Manager for the Northeast Cover Crop Council, provides an overview of the program's species selector tool.

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