Seven Rivers Soil Cooperative Inc.

10/14/2026

Go learn. Bring back ideas. We’ll help cover the trip.

Seven Rivers members may be eligible for travel funds to attend conferences and producer-led watershed group events across Wisconsin and surrounding states.

If there’s an event that could help you learn more about cover crops, reduced tillage, grazing, manure management, soil health, or conservation practices that fit your farm, let us know.

These funds are meant to help members connect with other farmers, see what’s working in the field, and bring practical ideas back to Manitowoc County.

Interested? Message us or contact a Seven Rivers board member. [email protected]

10/12/2026

Want to track what’s changing below the surface?

Seven Rivers Soil Cooperative has funds available for comprehensive soil health testing for members — a $60+ value per test.

Soil health testing is a great way to track progress over time, especially as you add practices like cover crops, no-till, reduced tillage, or low-disturbance manure injection.

With crops coming off the field, now is a good time to collect samples before nutrient application.

A few details:

🌱 Best suited for fields up to 30 acres
🌱 Members collect their own samples
🌱 A sampling guide is available
🌱 Manitowoc County SWCD has sample bags and a soil probe available to borrow
🌱 SWCD will take care of sending samples in

Interested in testing a field this fall? Reach out to Seven Rivers or Manitowoc County SWCD to get started. [email protected]

10/10/2026

🌱❗Want to see what other farmers are trying? We can help you get there.

Seven Rivers Soil Cooperative has travel funds available to help members attend conferences, workshops, and other Wisconsin producer-led group events.

These events are a great way to hear directly from other farmers, compare what’s working, ask questions, and bring new ideas back to your own operation.

Interested in attending an upcoming soil health, conservation, grazing, manure management, or producer-led event?

Reach out to Seven Rivers to learn more about available travel support. [email protected]

Because sometimes the best ideas come from getting off the farm for a day and talking with someone who’s already tried it.

10/06/2026

If you planted cover crops on your own dime, you may be eligible for a $5/acre cover crop insurance premium rebate. The application opens December 1st. There's $800,000 available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Click the link for more info.

Interested participants may ​enroll acres planted in cover crops which will be planted to an insurable crop the following growing season. Since 2022​, the program has had $800,000, or 160,000 acres, of coverage per year to award on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible applicants ​recei...

09/30/2026

Thinking About LDMI? Start with a Cover Crop.
NRCS recently released updated guidance for Low Disturbance Manure Injection (LDMI). Some local farms interested in the practice have found that meeting the criteria can be challenging. One of the best places to start is also one of the simplest: get a cover crop growing.

Cover crops give you more options for integrating manure into your system while maintaining soil cover and minimizing disturbance. If LDMI is something you may want to pursue, this fall’s cover crop can help set you up for success.

Seven Rivers is also working with NRCS and the Between the Lakes Demonstration Farm Network on an October LDMI field day at Libertyland Farms. We’ll look at the equipment, toolbar adjustments and application rates, and talk about what it takes to make the practice work in real field conditions.
Watch for details soon.

09/28/2026

Trying cover crops for the first time—or have questions about what’s worked for other farmers? Use the Seven Rivers mentor network. We can connect you with a member who has experience with the practice, often someone farming right in your area.
Sometimes a quick conversation with another farmer can save a lot of trial and error. Contact us and we’ll make the connection. [email protected]

09/24/2026

Members! Seven Rivers has funds available to cover travel expenses to workshops and conferences! Early Bird pricing for the WWASH Conference ends Oct. 4th. If you want to go - reach out now! If there's a different conference you're eyeing up- reach out!

Wisconsin Dells, WI – Registration is now open for the Wisconsin Water and Soil Health (WWASH) Conference, December 15–16, 2026, at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The WWASH Conference explores the intersection of on-farm research, soil health, and water quality...

09/24/2026

09/22/2026

Farmers needed to help with a National Soil Health Survey! SHAPE: Probing Our Country's Soil Health is a nationwide USDA project aimed at creating a free and user-friendly tool for farmers to benchmark the soil health of their fields. https://youtu.be/1WfiNG8LUAY?si=g0XXWKVR4d3WlSNK - To participate in the project, growers must sign up for a 1-hour Zoom Meeting https://calendly.com/probing-our-countrys-soil-health/shape-survey?month=2026-09 where a facilitator will lead them through a management survey for 2-3 fields. Growers will receive a $150 check as compensation for their time on the virtual meeting. They must then grant access to their fields for hand-probe soil sampling from 2-3 sites from each field. Fields must be 10 acres or more. Growers will receive a free personalized soil health report of their fields, valued at about $1,200 per field, and a copy of a book called "Probing Our Country's Soil Health." Click the link above to schedule your call.

Interest in soil health continues to increase as farmers are lookin...

09/21/2026

Attention Seven Rivers Members who applied for cover crop cost-share earlier this year - please send in your seed tags to Tara and let her know when your fields are planted! [email protected] or text 920-973-2010