The new virtual Soil Health U will feature our three keynote speakers during morning webinar sessions on Jan. 21. Jimmy Emmons, third-generation farmer and rancher, regional coordinator for the Southern Plains Region- FPAC within USDA, will lead off with a state of the state of soil health address. Kris Nichols, Ph.D., soil microbiologist and founder and principal scientist of KRIS Systems Education & Consultation and Rick Clark, fifth-generation farmer and owner of Farm Green, will follow. There will be plenty of time allotted for questions and answers from the audience during the live webinar sessions, and the sessions will be recorded for registered attendees to access after the event.

New this year, we plan to offer virtual breakout sessions so that attendees can have more time for idea exchanges and further explore topics with their fellow attendees, speakers and other soil health notables in the fi eld.