Conservation in Action Tour Set for May 6–7 in South Dakota
- SDACD
- 6 days ago
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The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) is bringing its annual Conservation in Action Tour to South Dakota this spring, and you’re invited!
Taking place May 6–7, 2025, this two-day event will spotlight innovative conservation practices in southeastern South Dakota. The tour will focus on soil health, biodiversity, crop production, and the latest advancements in conservation agriculture, showcasing how these practices are transforming the landscape.
Tour Details
Dates: May 6–7, 2025
Location: Sioux Falls area and Southeastern South Dakota
Open to: Conservation professionals, producers, landowners, researchers, agency staff, and anyone interested in conservation
Website: https://www.ctic.org/tour
Registration
Register now through CTIC at: https://www.ctic.org/tour/registration
Tour Agenda
From Sioux Falls, South Dakota, you'll travel to innovative farms that showcase best practices in conservation agriculture, hear from inspiring speakers, and experience behind-the-scenes industry stops that will make your 2025 planting season a memorable one.
View tour agenda at: https://www.ctic.org/tour/agenda
Keynote Speaker
Flying in the Face of Fear: Courageous Leadership & Teamwork to Elevate Performance
In this gripping keynote, Kim "KC" Campbell draws from an extraordinary combat experience to reveal how courage has the power to transform both leaders and teams—whether you’re navigating everyday challenges or high-stakes situations. She will take you inside the cockpit of her fighter jet during a harrowing mission when her aircraft was struck by enemy fire. Through this life-changing—and admittedly terrifying—experience, Kim shares why courageous leadership and teamwork are essential for elevating performance.
Leveraging her extensive experience as a fighter pilot and senior military leader, Kim unveils powerful insights into the mindset and culture that enable fighter pilots to sustain peak performance and make decisive choices under pressure. She shares the value of creating a "wingman culture"—where trust, collaboration, and mutual support are essential to fostering high-performance teams. Packed with actionable strategies from the cockpit, this keynote invites you to explore a unique perspective on leading with courage, equipping you to inspire bold action and elevate performance.
About the Conservation in Action Tour
The Conservation in Action Tour began in 2008, showcasing successful farmers in Indiana who prioritize soil and water quality. The flagship event of the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) has grown into the gold standard of farm tours and has featured agricultural innovation in 13 states across 17 Tours.
On a Conservation in Action Tour, you’ll do more than hear from dynamic speakers and talk with conservation-minded producers: You’ll experience farming up close. We’ve seen sugarcane harvesting in Florida, aerial seeding demonstrations in Illinois, wheat processing in Michigan, and livestock grazing in Idaho.
With a record attendance of 270 attendees from 20 states, the Tour has a track record of national attention from many different sectors of agriculture. Farmers, agribusiness representatives, elected officials, policymakers, local conservation professionals, and more experience innovative farming that makes a difference in the community. We’ve seen farms in watersheds as big as the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi Delta and as small, but no less important, as the Indian Creek (Illinois) Watershed.
There are no floors, no walls, and no ceilings when you embark on a Conservation in Action Tour with CTIC. You touch the soil, see the crops, observe the livestock and the wildlife up close. You see the land, the water, the sky, and the connections between conservation-minded farming and the quality of your drinking water, air quality, and resilient production systems. We are CTIC, and this is our Conservation in Action Tour, where you are part of the action in conservation agriculture.