Speakers will concentrate on what is underneath your feet when you are out in the fields at Peninsula Pride Farms' annual meeting next month in Luxemburg. Lance Gunderson of Regen Soil Labs and Jamie Patton from the Natural Resources Conservation Services will be the main speakers ahead of a panel discussing key challenges when addressing local water quality. Peninsula Pride Farms has invested much time and effort into addressing soil quality. According to their sustainability project findings last year, the average rate of soil erosion for corn grain over the four-year project period was 0.97 tons per acre per year, significantly lower than the state benchmark of 3.5 tons per acre per year for corn grain. Part of the credit belongs to conservation practices like reduced and no-tillage of fields and cover crops. Peninsula Pride Farms president Duane Ducat says the organization's annual meetings share a lot of information that explains why those conservation strategies are worth the effort.

The Peninsula Pride Farms Annual Meeting will be held on February 3rd at the Rendezvous of Luxemburg, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Registration information is available here.