Soil Health Minute: 2019 Café Talk schedule

The Soil Health Café Talks are back in 2019 with new locations!

These laid back, informal discussions are designed to think through whole systems approaches on-farm.

Topics are never predetermined, we just go with the flow. Each Café Talk is run by either Luke Ressler (NDSU Soil Health Technician) or me along with your county North Dakota State University Extension agents to help us bring more information to you. If you haven't met Luke yet, he handles all of our field sites and spends plenty of time evaluating fields like I do. We include other specialists and researchers from the main campus with us to bring their thoughts and ideas to the discussion.

All sessions run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Here's the schedule:

Jan. 8

• Jamestown - IDK (1009 13th St NE; 701-952-5550)

Abbey Wick (Soil Health), Joe Zeleznik (Forestry)

• Lidgerwood - Dee's Bar and Grill (27 Wiley Ave S; 701-538-9400)

Luke Ressler (Soil Health)

Jan. 10

• Cooperstown - Coachman (504 9th St SE; 701-797-2181)

Abbey Wick (Soil Health)

• Kindred - Morning Glory Café (460 Elm St; 701-428-9149)

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Dave Franzen (Soil Fertility)

Jan. 15

• Park River - Alexander House (903 Park St W; 701-284-7141)

Abbey Wick (Soil Health), Naeem Kalwar (Soil Health), Jay Goos (Soil Fertility), Berlin Nelson (Plant Pathology)

• Edgeley - Hakuna Matata (101 Industrial Park; 701-493-2005)

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Caley Gasch (Soil Health)

Jan. 17

• Larimore - Good Friends Bar & Grill (220 Towner Ave; 701-343-2044)

Abbey Wick (Soil Health), Naeem Kalwar (Soil Health), Greg Endres (Cropping Systems)

• Hillsboro - Hillsboro Café (3 N Main St; 701-636-2073)

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Jay Goos (Soil Fertility)

Jan. 29

• Lidgerwood - Dee's Bar & Grill

Abbey Wick (Soil Health)

• Jamestown - IDK

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Marisol Berti (Cover Crops/Forage), Kevin Sedivec (Rangeland/Grazing Cover Crops)

Jan. 31

• Kindred - Morning Glory Café

Abbey Wick (Soil Health), Tom Peters (Weeds/Sugar Beets)

• Cooperstown - Coachman

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Marisol Berti (Cover Crops/Forage), Kevin Sedivec (Rangeland/Grazing Cover Crops)

Feb. 5

• Edgeley - Hakuna Matata

Abbey Wick (Soil Health)

• Park River - Alexander House

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Marisol Berti (Cover Crops/Forage), Kevin Sedivec (Rangeland/Grazing Cover Crops)

Feb. 7

• Hillsboro - Hillsboro Café

Abbey Wick (Soil Health)

• Larimore - Good Friends Bar & Grill

Luke Ressler (Soil Health), Naeem Kalwar (Soil Health), Dave Franzen (Soil Fertility)

I look forward to these meetings every year - hope to see you there! The Café Talk program is sponsored by the North Dakota Corn Council, North Dakota Soybean Council and North Dakota Wheat Commission.

For more information, visit the NDSU Soil Health webpage (ndsu.edu/soilhealth) or follow me on Twitter: @NDSUsoilhealth.