Big Flats Cover Crop Workshop and Tour

A workshop to learn about the management and establishment of cover crops for soil health, nutrient managment and water quality concerns. There will be speakers from Cornell University, Penn. State University, Consultants and Farmers.

USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

Big Flats Plant Materials Center

Cover Crop Workshop and Tour 11/14/14

Registration at Big Flats PMC 9:15 am–9:45 am

Tour of cover crop plots and equipment demo 9:45 am–11:45 am

at Big Flats PMC

Travel to Big Flats Community Center 11:45 am-12:00 pm

Lunch 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Speakers 1:00 pm–3:30 pm

Rob Farnham (9:45-10:30) -Consultant, CCA- Agrinetix, Eben Weil-Manufacturer’s Representative, and Fisher Welles-Crop Farmer, Chemung Co. (3100 acres); Discussion of benefits of zone-builder, adjustment and maintenance of no-till planters and demonstration of zone-builder.

Matt Ryan (10:30-10:45) -Cornell University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Assistant Professor; CIG grant 3-way interseeder demo results in corn and soybeans.

Paul Salon (10:45-11:45) -USDA-NRCS, Plant Materials Specialist; Tour of cover crop demonstration plots at Big Flats PMC, which includes a time of planting demo with over 250 plots (species, varieties or mixes); some seeded at several seeding dates and rates.

TRAVEL TO BIG FLATS COMMUNITY CENTER AND LUNCH- (11:45-1:00)

Paul Cerosaletti and Mariane Kiraly(1:00-1:30) - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County; Extension Educators; Jerry Cunningham-Farmer, Seed Dealer, Custom no-till operator; Hartley Russell-Dairy Farmer, Delaware County custom no-till and cover crop programs, case studies and lessons learned.

Farmer Panel- (1:30- 2:15) Derek Johnson-Dairy Farmer, Delaware Co. NY; Ron Kittle-Dairy Farmer, Bradford Co. PA, use of no-till interseeder; Rick Pedersen-Wholesale Vegetable/Field Crop/Livestock Farmer, Ontario Co. NY; Donn Branton-Field Crop Farmer, Genesee Co. NY, innovative cover cropping with a highboy seeder.

Bill Curran (2:15 - 2:45) - Penn State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Associate Professor; The principles of herbicide management for cover crop establishment and termination.

Daniel Moebius-Clune (2:45 - 3:15) - Cornell University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Research Associate; The ecology and function of the soil biota for soil Health.

Thomas Bjorkman (3:15 - 3:30) - Cornell University, Dept. of Horticulture, Associate Professor; Cover Crop Calculator for the Northeast.

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*Click on the "Register Now!" button below.

*For additional information contact Paul salon @ paul.salon@ny.usda.gov or by calling PMC staff at 607-562-8404 . This is a field tour, so please let us know if you have special needs.

*Please bring $12.00 to cover the cost of lunch, exact change would be appreciated.

*4.0 CCA credits available, 1.0 Pesticide credits applied for.

*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.

IF COMING AFTER 11:45:

Directions to the Big Flats Community Center (Town Hall/Municipal Campus): Take Route 17 (I86) to Exit 49, and head south onto Bridge Street and then make a left at the "T", onto Maple St. and continue for 0.4 miles. The Big Flats Municipal Campus is on Right at 476 Maple Street.

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