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Cultivating Resilience, Solutions, and Relationships through Conservation Agriculture. Rob Vink Agricultural Technician Macatawa Watershed Project Macatawa Area Coordinating Council

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Page 1: Cultivating Resilience, Solutions, and Relationships ......Cultivating Resilience, Solutions, and Relationships through Conservation Agriculture. Rob Vink Agricultural Technician

Cultivating Resilience, Solutions, and Relationships

through Conservation Agriculture.

Rob Vink Agricultural TechnicianMacatawa Watershed ProjectMacatawa Area Coordinating Council

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Macatawa Watershed Project Current Funding and Initiatives

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Great Lakes Commission – Streambank and 2-stage Channel

Great Lakes Commission – Cover Crops and Grassed Waterways.

Project Clarity – Project Partner – Technical assistance for agricultural practices

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• 61 Farmers/Landowners participating in GLRI and Project Clarity funded Best Management Practices

• Over 22,000 acres of Best Management Practices

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Regenerative and Conservation Agriculture Not Just for Hemp and

Hippies

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Challenges to Agricultural Conservation

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RelationshipsMust be on the farmWork with Agricultural Service

Providers (ASPs) to reach farmersPartnering with like minded

organizations

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2019 Cultivating Resilience Farm Field

Day

Photos by: BDE Photography

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Education

Soil fertility and soil biology are not the same thing

What do soil tests tell us about soil health and water quality?

Yield vs. Profit - how can conservation help you become profitable?

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Gypsum

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ResidueManagament

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GrassedWaterways

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WASCOB

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Cover Crops

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Austin Morren

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