Cover Crop and Soil Health Workshop and Tour

Please Join us for our annual cover crop workshop featuring speakers from Penn. State University, Cornell University and University of Vermont. Guest Speaker Lucas Criswell board member of PA. No-till Alliance with 20 years of no-tilling experience now farms up to 1500 acres with 100 % cover crop coverage. Tour cover crop demonstrations at the Big Flats Plant Materials Center to see multiple species, mixes and establishment techniques.

Cover Crop and Soil Health Workshop and Tour 11/6/15

Registration at Big Flats Community Building						9:30 am – 10:00 am
at the Town of Big Flats Municipal Campus

Speakers at Big Flats Community Building						10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch						12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speakers (Cont.) at Big Flats Community Building						1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Travel to Big Flats PMC						2:15 am – 2:30 pm
Tour of cc, and equipment demo at Big Flats PMC						2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Heather Darby- (10:00 -10:45) University of Vermont, Extension Associate Professor, Agronomy Specialist; Research and experiences with cover crops from basic agronomics for sucess to innovative equipment and monitoring.

Rachel Milliron- (10:45 - 11:15) Penn State University graduate student Penn. State; Using a winter rye cover crop and ryelage to conserve fall manure-nitrogen for crop production

Quirine Ketterings- (11:15 - 12:00) Cornell University Dept. of Animal Science, Associate Professor, Nutrient Management Spear Program; (1) Nitrogen needs for winter cereals grown in corn rotations; rates, crop response, and economics; and (2) impact of nitrogen versus phosphorus-based applications of manure and compost on soil health indicators.

Lunch: (1:00 - 12:00)

Lucas Criswell- (1:00 - 2:15) Pennsylvania Farmer, Union County, Lewisburg PA. A board member of PA. No-till Alliance. Farms 1500 acrs no-till and cover crops 100% of his acreage. Planting green into heavy residue cover crops: benefits for soil health, weed control and nutrient cycling.

Travel To Big Flats Plant Materials Center (2:15 - 2:30)

Paul Salon- (2:30 - 3:30) USDA-NRCS, Plant Materials Specialist; Tour of cover crop demonstration plots at Big Flats PMC, which includes a planting demo (species, varieties or mixes); some seeded at several seeding dates and rates. Corn and Soy beans seeded into red and white clover at time of planting crop. Corn seeded into rolled rye.

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* To register, click on the blue "Register Now!" button below :

*For additional information contact paul.salon@ny.usda.gov or by calling 607-562-8404. This is a field tour let us know if you have special needs. Please bring $10.00 to cover the cost of lunch, exact change would be appreciated.

Certified Crop Advisor, PA. Nutrient Managment and NY DEC pesticide credits applied for.

Directions to: Big Flats Community Building : Take Route 17 (I 86) to Exit 49 (from west make right off ramp, from east make left) At “T” make left. At the 4 way stop continue straight about 100 yds. Turn right at the sign for Town of Big Flats Municipal Campus community building. 476 Maple Street Big Flats, NY 14814.