Nebraska Soil Health Coalition - Hub 2 Producer Kickoff for southwest NE

Imperial Farm Credit Services
686 East 3rd Street, Imperial, NE

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 — noon PM MST.

Hosted by the NE Soil Health Coalition and partner, FCS— Zach Mader, Producer Lead; Jordan Uldrich, Producer Demonstration-Education Cluster Site and Board member; Claudia Stevenson, retired NRCS, Perkins and Keith County; and Mike McDonald, Board Producer Lead. Brian Brhel is our second Producer Lead; he and other staff will be involved in future steps. We will also be hiring a PT producer lead in your hub later this spring. We are determining a short-list — www.nesoilhealth.org/hub2 and www.nesoilhealth.org/strategy

Goals:

• Organize a producer driven learning community in rural NE to support agriculture

• obtain your input on establishing Producer Clusters in southwest NE, tied to mutual goals ie., economic ROI and soil health,

• value added network and create market connections ie., livestock, diversified rotations, etc.,

• soil health benchmarking tied to southwest NE,

• signup for possible incentives tied to nutrients, grazing and enhanced markets including possibly a Hub Carbon Coop.

• Determine if you want to participate in new Demonstration-Education Site/Clusters and free Producer Lead/s support.

Future Steps:

—May 31 evening (social and BBQ); June 1st Learning Community—"Jay Fuhrer, Ray Ward, Jason Ackerson (SHI), and TBA at 1-2 producers' sites in Hub 2. Two learning sessions/year; you can be as active as you desire.