Female landowners, farmers, and ag retailers are encouraged to come learn about soil management and crop production at the Agronomy in the Field workshops offered by ISU Extension.

The second in this multi-session workshop is Monday, June 12 at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville. This is the second year of these hands-on, in-the-field workshops, and it’s goal is to strengthen women’s agronomic skills and communication.

One of the hosts, Extension field Agronomist Meaghan Anderson describes the impact of these workshops, “I think some of the information that we’ve got back from the women who’ve attended the workshops have certainly been that they’ve been more comfortable discussing things. Maybe they’re a landowner and they have to talk with their tenant about what’s going on at the farm. So they’ve felt more comfortable having discussions with their tenant or asking questions, and feeling like maybe they understood what the tenant was saying a little bit better and they can have a better discussion about the farm with them.”

Anderson says the topics they have covered so far this summer have been cover crops and their effect on corn and soybean production. This Monday’s discussion will include studying the methodology and geography of corn and soybean production, and pests to be on the lookout for. The Agronomy in the Field workshops are free for anyone to attend, and occur from 5 to 6:30 p.m.