Environmental lawyer turned agriculture advocate. Director of Natural and Environmental Resources at IL Farm Bureau. Wife and mom of two littles.
Bloomington, IL
Joined December 2014
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Lauren Lurkins retweeted
A great night discussing #Sustainability and #AgPolicy with @ILFarmBureau members🌱! We have to logistically and economically improve our #SoilHealth, but the gov policies have to give us flexibility to innovate. Thanks @LLurkins for the invite! 😎🇺🇸💪
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Fulton County Field Day showcased scientific research to improve Illinois water quality. Watch video, read more here: bit.ly/FultonFieldDay
@ILFarmBureau @ILextension @MWRDGC @IllinoisNrec @PrairieResInst
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
We are proud to be a Partner in Progress, working together to improve #water & nutrient #conservation!
@ILFarmBureau
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Happy to be included in this crowd of real experts at the SIU Belleville Research Station field day!
Come out and hang with the IFB board!
Fulton County Field Day will share best conservation practices and address nutrient reduction thanks to collaboration with @ILFarmBureau @MWRDGC @ILextension @IllinoisNEP @ISTCatUIUC Learn how to register here: bit.ly/FultonCoFieldDay
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
I recently received 1st place student oral presentation at @ucowr conference. Presented our @IllinoisNrec funded project “Cover Crop Impact on Nitrogen Fate and Availability”. Thanks NREC and @ILFarmBureau for opportunity. @PurdueAgronomy @ISUAgriculture @PurdueAg #covercrops
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Listen to @IllinoisCropSci PhD student Neha Chatterjee @NehaC2359 explain her research on struvite as a potential BMP to mitigate P losses while maintaining crop production: vimeo.com/343121342 This research made possible by @IllinoisNrec and with the support of @ILFarmBureau
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
More about the #nutrient stewardship partnerships happening in Illinois at this LaSalle Co. Farm Bureau Field Day here: vimeo.com/343121305 Thanks to Isermann Farms @jisermann53 for hosting! #phosphorus #Illinois
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Dave Bishop's prairie in Logan County has sheltered #pollinators and #wildlife while also protecting and restoring the soil for 25 years. Read his story: bit.ly/Pollinatorparadise #pollinatorweek
Multiple county Farm Bureaus gather together in Greenup with other stakeholders to kick off the Embarras River Watershed efforts! @jwoodyardIL @JSoule_ILExt @ILFarmBureau @ILEPA @AISWCD
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Do you know what a SATURATED BUFFER is, does, or even looks like? You aren't alone! Educate yourself. Just watch this short video, made possible by several conservation partners who want you to better understand. youtu.be/x5oqySTstvY @NRCS_Illinois
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
@ILFarmBureau’s own @LLurkins addresses the room about the partnerships in Illinois and the role that farmers play in supporting and implementing the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. #nlrs @ucowr #Collaboration – at Utah, USA
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Today at the @ucowr Annual Meeting this great group presented an update on Illinois Stakeholder Engagement in the #NLRS. #collaboration – at Utah, USA
Lauren Lurkins retweeted
Ag coalition, including IFB, asks IEPA to decline proposed water nutrient standards; work with them to develop new criteria. bit.ly/2Wg6Oio
Super proud of this partnership!
.@IllinoisLICA, @SIUC, @USDA's @NRCS_Illinois, & @ILFarmBureau have joined together to improve water quality in Illinois. Learn how Illinois farmers and the ag community use conservation practices to care for our natural resources. ILFarmersConserve.com
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Lauren Lurkins retweeted
As the tariff war with China escalates, @ILFarmBureau‘s Brian Duncan explains the impact it has on farmers. “Agriculture has been left behind,” he told @FoxBusiness.
