RUSLE2 Training

Minnesota - Advanced RUSLE2

Description
This hands-on class is intended for technical service providers.  It builds on the information provided in the introductory class, to provide more detailed information on using RUSLE2 for soil erosion prediction.  It will cover more details about building and using crop rotations, the tillage operations available for use in the program, how to choose an appropriate yield and how that affects the answers, and appropriate uses for the model.  We will have time for questions and to explain answers / troubleshooting, and exercises using the software.
 
Who Should Attend?
Technical Service Providers and other agronomists who work with producers to implement some portion of conservation planning including residue management, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs), nutrient management plans, etc. and need to have knowledge of soil erosion and how it is predicted or modeled.  Participants should have attended the initial introductory training session on November 8th or the 2006 Conservation Planning Training offered by the Minnesota Project.
 
Pre-requisites
Participants will need to provide their own laptops and install the software in advance of this session and have some experience using the program.
 
Registration
There is a cost of $15 for the training workshop to cover meals.  You will receive an invoice for the $15 payment when your registration is confirmed via email.  For those working with Minnesota Landowners, the cost is being underwritten by a grant from the Clean Water Legacy Fund.
 
Agenda
Welcome and introductions
 
·   Website and guidance - review
·   Critical Slope length and percent – review procedure for determining
·   Describing rotations and tillage in the program – using existing managements and creating new ones
·   Making Base Management (rotation) additions or changes – advanced techniques
·   Use of  Worksheets – how and why
·   Saving (review)
·   Printing (review)
·   Soil Conditioning Index - questions
·   Energy Calculator - questions
 
Hands – on examples

For those working with Minnesota Landowners, the cost is being underwritten by a grant from the Clean Water Legacy Fund.

Minnesota - Understanding RUSLE2 Soil loss Model

Description
This hands-on class is intended for technical service providers.  It introduces the RUSLE2 soil loss model, how it works and the data necessary to run the program.  The class also provides an overview of the soil erosion process so that participants will have a better understanding of what the program is modeling.  Information will also be provided about other outputs from this program, including the Soil Conditioning Index and the Energy Estimator, and how these tools can be used in the conservation planning process.
 
Who Should Attend?
Technical Service Providers and other agronomists who work with producers to implement some portion of conservation planning including residue management recommendations; work on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs), write nutrient management plans, etc. and need to have knowledge of soil erosion and how it is predicted or modeled.
 
Pre-requisites
Participants will need to provide their own laptops and install the software in the first hour of this session.
 
Registration
There is a cost of $15 for the training workshop to cover meals.  You will receive an invoice for the $15 payment when your registration is confirmed via email.  For those working with Minnesota Landowners, the cost is being underwritten by a grant from the Clean Water Legacy Fund.
 

Agenda
Welcome and introductions
Rusle2 Basics
·   Website and guidance
·   Erosion Prediction through the eyes of RUSLE2
·   Critical Slopes and making planning decisions efficiently
·   Basic rules and reasons for them
·   Information gathering
·   Describing rotations and tillage in the program - managements
·   Making Base Management additions or changes
·   Use of  Worksheets – how and why
·   Saving
·   Printing
·   Soil Conditioning Index
·   Energy Calculator
·   Using RUSLE2 to sell additional conservation
 
Hands – on examples

Registration

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