This workshop will feature speakers from Cornell University presenting in depth information on cover cropping and reduced tillage for vegetable growers with an emphasis on organic systems. There will be a tour of the time of seeding cover crop demonstration with single and multiple species of cover crops, reduced tillage tools and a row crop interseeder.

 

NOTE DUE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THIS WORKSHOP MAY BE POSTPONED  PLEASE REGISTER AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL  ON 10/15/13!!

Organic Cover Crop Workshop and Tour 10/17/13

Registration                                                       9:30 am  –  10:00 am

Indoor  Speakers                                              10:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Lunch                                                                12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Field speakers/Demonstrations                         1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Cover Crop Demonstrations                                2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

 Laurie Drinkwater (10:00 – 10:45) - Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Associate Professor:Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Ecology overview.

 Jean-Paul Courtens (10:45 – 11:30) – How I use cover crops, case study.

Thomas Bjorkman (11:30 - 12:00) - Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Associate Professor: Brassicas in rotation and for cover cropping, benefits and liabilities.

Lunch- (12:00 – 1:00) Exhibitors

Anu Rangarajan (1:00 – 1:45) - Cornell University Department of Horticulture, Senior Extension Associate: Field demonstration of small scale reduced tillage implements for vegetable growers.

Matt Ryan (1:45-2:30) - Cornell University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Assistant Professor: Field demonstration of cover crop interseeder, time of tillage and cover crop planting effects on weed populations.

Tour of Cover Crop Demonstration Plots: (2:30 - 4:00) Paul Salon (NRCS, Plant Materials Specialist), Brian Caldwell (Cornell University Dept. of Horticulture, Research Support Specialist), Karen Hoffman (NRCS, Resource Conservationist- Animal Science) -  Cover crop demonstration with over 180 plots (species, varieties or mixes) seeded at several dates. Cover crop mix seeding rate study. Cover crops for grazing pros and cons. Participation and Q&A with featured speakers.

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CCA credits available

Sponsored by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Northeast Farming Association of New York (NOFA) Upper Susquehanna Coalition and NY State Department of Ag. and Markets

 Lunch available for $12.00,

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  Directions: Take Route 17 (I 86) to Exit 48 (East Corning/Route 352). Follow Route 352 east for 1.5 miles. PMC entrance is on the left.

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