The North Central Region Soil Health Nexus is a university-led team dedicated to increasing access to research-based soil health knowledge, extension and resources.

The team was created in 2015 with funding from the North Central Region Water Network.  The team is structured around research, extension and outreach, and resources and communications with representatives from all 12 North Central Region states.

Soil Health Digital Café Series

The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region discussing the latest soil health research, resources, and news. The webinars will take place monthly; they will be an hour in length with 20-minute presentation, followed by 10-minutes of Q&A and then a casual 30-minute Digital Café where attendees can continue to discuss the topic in more depth with Soil Health Nexus members.

Soil Health Practices Curriculum
Wednesday, November 19th at 2pm CT

Join us for the November edition of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café, where we discuss the *NEW* Soil Health Practices Curriculum – an exercise to teach soil health practices to early-career farmers and those that have never considered how their practices affect soil health. The curriculum, developed by the Soil Health Nexus, is interactive to empower participants to utilize the information learned to make decisions on their own farms.

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17Sep/25

The Impact of Organic Amendments on Carbon Stabilization in Soil Aggregates

This Soil Health Digital Cafe featured Dr. Ganga Hettiarachchi, Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry at Kansas State University. In the webinar, she focused on her work studying the impact of organic amendments on soil aggregates.Read More…

19Jun/25

What Does Research Really Say About Strategic Tillage in Long-term No-till Systems?

This Soil Health Digital Cafe featured Dr. Humberto Blanco, Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics at the University of Nebraska, who discussed the findings from field research on strategic tillage in long-term no-till systems.Read More…