University of Illinois Extension is providing a weekly educational webinar series for the small farm community.

This online series will provide small farm producers practical knowledge on the leading practices in emerging topics which advance local food production. The webinars are free.

For decades the Saturated Media Extract (SME) test has been a routine method used for greenhouse bench crops growing in soil-less mixes and also in irrigated arid production systems. Many protected culture growers and high compost input farmers grow in media or soil that can exhibit very high nutrient levels above the capacity of the soil or media to retain those nutrients. SME represents an option to monitor and manage nutrients at the water-soluble level.

Participants will receive a confirmation email with webinar connection details and session handouts.

Please contact Doug Gucker with questions at 217-877-6042 or dgucker@illinois.edu.