MSDA Webinar Series 2025
Listen to learn how to take action on soil data and learn about available resources.
Soil physical properties: Compaction
Haly Neely (Assistant Professor, WSU) and Natalie Sturm (Graduate Student, WSU)
In this webinar, Haly and Natalie share their research on soil compaction and the management strategies to reduce it – including how farmers can use similar approaches on their own operations.
These WSU researchers also explain how identifying and managing soil compaction can benefit farmers and crop consultants around Washington state.
Precision Agriculture Technology and Data
Steve Mantle (Founder, Innov8 Ag), Linda Neunzig (Agriculture Coordinator, Snohomish County), and Nate Krause (Operations Manager, Swans Trail Farms)
Learn how public-private partnerships can be leveraged to democratize soils data and precision agricultural technology.
In this talk, you hear from a Washington company, county, and grower, on how working together can lower the barriers to entry for environmental and economic decision-making in agriculture.
Learn about new data-informed technology, and the local efforts to bring it to a farm near you.
Soil chemistry meets biology: Nitrogen credits
Rich Koenig (Professor, WSU), and Savannah Crnick (Resource Planner, South Yakima Conservation District)
Ever wonder where those nitrogen (N) credits come from and how to use them?
Rich describes the origins, importance, and practical use of N credits in a fertilizer budgeting process. From irrigated to dryland systems, credits are the “money in the soil bank”.
You can also learn how South Yakima Conservation District implements this knowledge by using deep soil sampling to support growers in managing their crops, nutrients, and irrigation water.