Weather trends keep changing. Farmers, make sure you have the tools you need to adapt and make decisions for your operation throughout the 2025 growing season and beyond.
This December, connect with agricultural climate experts, explore resources, and discuss real-world scenarios at a free climate-smart farming workshop from University of Illinois Extension. Producers and land managers will leave with a better understanding of local growing conditions, weather, and climate monitoring tools and feel confident planning for crop planting, fertilization schedules, irrigation, and more for the 2025 growing season and beyond.
The Agriculture Climate Tools Workshop is open to field crop producers, specialty growers, farm managers, crop advisors, and other agriculture professionals. Regional climate specialists will explore what tools are available and how producers can use them to reduce costly weather and climate risks.
The workshop is from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 in the Sims Meeting Room at the ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL. Lunch is included. CEU credits are available for Certified Crop Advisors.
Sign up by Nov. 25 at go.illinois.edu/RiskTools. For more information or if you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Duane Friend at friend@illinois.edu.
This program is provided through a Sustainable Ag Research and Education Professional Development grant and is cohosted by University of Illinois Extension, the Prairie Research Institute, the Illinois State Climatologist office, the USDA Midwest Climate Hub, the Midwest Regional Climate Center, and the National Integrated Drought Information System.
ABOUT ILLINOIS EXTENSION: University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state’s land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy. Learn more at extension.illinois.edu.
SOURCE: Duane Friend, state Master Naturalist coordinator and climate change specialist, Illinois Extension
WRITER: Emily Steele, media communications manager, Illinois Extension
INTERVIEWS: Contact Dolan Klein, dolank@illinois.edu to request specialist interviews on this topic.
***Courtesy of the University of Illinois Extension***
