So You Want to Be an Influencer?

With your Southeast Regional Ag News, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.

Would you think of yourself as an influencer or do you aspire to be one? Well cue up that Instagram, it’s time to put it to work for agriculture!

American Farmland Trust is calling for agricultural influencers working in corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and dairy systems to apply for the chance to attend AFT’s Advanced Soil Health Training. It’s a one-year training course made up of four two-day training sessions in the Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, New York, and New England.

Influencers are soil-health successful farmers and other agricultural professionals who are ready to become Soil Health Advisors to farmers looking to implement climate-smart practices. The training is intended to scale up the adoption of climate-smart practices by establishing trained leaders in farming communities who can provide technical guidance and facilitate learning.

Participants will improve their understanding of the science of soil health, soil health practices, troubleshooting, adapting strategies, and how to effectively communicate about practice adoption…so maybe a little less Instagram and a bit more getting your hands dirty. Just the same, you can call yourself an influencer. Details at https://farmland.org/asht/