The workshop will be held Sept. 12 at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Polk County office
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An Advanced RUSLE2 workshop has been scheduled for service providers and producers who are working with RUSLE2 and Iowa Phosphorus Index to develop manure management plans. The workshop will be held Sept. 12 at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Polk County office, 1625 Adventureland Drive, Suite A, Altoona, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (photo by ISU Extension)
ALTOONA, Iowa – An Advanced RUSLE2 workshop has been scheduled for service providers and producers who are working with RUSLE2 and Iowa Phosphorus Index to develop manure management plans. The workshop will be held Sept. 12 at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Polk County office, 1625 Adventureland Drive, Suite A, Altoona, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
RUSLE2 stands for Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2, a calculation used to guide conservation planning and inventory erosion rates.
Newly implemented changes to manure management planning will be the focus of this workshop, according to Kapil Arora, field agricultural engineer with ISU Extension and Outreach.
Participants will learn about ephemeral and gully erosion. The workshop will also focus on principles governing conservation practices both in RUSLE2 and the Iowa Phosphorus Index. Participants will learn about common tillage and rotation-based errors as well as how to divide fields for calculating the P-Index.
Use of aerial imagery to identity conservation practices installed in Iowa farm fields will be discussed in depth. This workshop is a collaborative effort between the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and ISU Extension and Outreach. The workshop qualifies for six Certified Crop Advisor Credits (6SW) and three professional development hours. Participation certificates will be provided upon completion of the workshop.
Registration is open to all service providers, producers, CNMP/NMP/MMP writers and agency staff who are interested in gaining in-depth knowledge about RUSLE2 operations and conservation practices. Participants are expected to have basic operating knowledge of RUSLE2 software and Iowa P-Index Calculator. Each registrant must bring a laptop computer pre-loaded with latest version of RUSLE2. Class size is limited to 30 participants.
In addition to Arora, the workshop will be presented by Dan Andersen, associate professor and extension agriculture engineering specialist at Iowa State; Chandra Shaw, USDA-NRCS; and Jeremy Klatt, Iowa DNR.
Registration is $225 through Sept. 6 and increased to $250 thereafter. Fees include lunch, refreshments and workshop materials. Refunds will only be issued for written requests received before noon on Sept. 6. A $25 processing fee applies to all refunded amounts.Registration can be completed onlineor by mailing in theregistration form with feesincluded.
For more information, contact Kapil Arora at 515-291-0174 or ISU Extension and Outreach Polk County at 515-957-5760
–ISU Extension
