Keynote Speaker, Producer Indiana
Barry Fisher,
Fisher Soil Health LLC
USDA-NRCS Soil Health Team Leader/Specialist- Retired
Farmer/ Consultant
Barry Fisher recently retired after 39 years with the USDA-Natural Recourses Conservation Service. Most recently he was with the Soil Health Division where he served as Central Region Leader providing training, leadership, and technical exchange on Soil Health Management Systems for NRCS, farmers, crop specialists and partners throughout the Corn Belt, Western and Northern Plains.
Since retirement, Barry has launched Fisher Soil Health LLC- Consulting where he remains active with state and national training and initiatives which advance technologies and adoption of regenerative farming and improving soil health. He was recently named the 2022 Certified Crop Advisor- Conservationist of the Year though the American Society of Agronomy where he has held his certification since its inception in 1992. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Cover Crops Council, and a 40-year member of the Hoosier Chapter of Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Barry and his wife Michael practice soil health on their cash grain and livestock farm in West- Central Indiana. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from Western Kentucky University and is a native of French Lick, Indiana.