Cover Crop Tour and Workshop at Big Flats Plant Materials Center
Event Details
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Registration and tour of cover crop demonstration at the Plant Materials Center
9:15 am – 10:45 am (see registration information below) - Travel to Town Hall 10:45 am – 11:00 am
- Speakers 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm (Optional, lunch provided for $10)
- Speakers 1:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Speakers
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Tom Kilcer, Consultant and former Cornell Cooperative Extension Specialist The economics of using short rotations and cover crops for harvest |
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Ray Archuletta, National Technology Center - East Soil quality, biology and cover crops |
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Quirine Ketterings, Cornell University Dept. of Animal Science, Associate Professor, Nutrient Management Spear Program Fall accumulation of nitrogen and carbon for cover crops seeded in August following small grain and in September following corn silage; and the spring nitrogen and carbon pools. |
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David Brandt, Ohio farmer No-tilling since 1971 and cover cropping since 1978 on 900 acres |
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Ray Styer, North Carolina farmer Cover cropping and no-till |
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Tom Bjorkman, Cornell Department of Horticulture, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva Review of Brassica cover crops |
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Paul Salon, USDA-NRCS, Plant Materials Specialist Tour of cover crop demonstration plots at Big Flats Plant Materials Center, which includes a time of planting demo with over 40 plots (species, varieties or mixes); some seeded at several seeding dates; and two diverse mixtures with over 12 species each seeded in June and August. There will be a demonstration of a roller crimper. |
Registration, Contact Information, and Directions
Please RSVP with the number attending by October 28th by calling 607-562-8404, or e-mail shawnna.clark@ny.usda.gov. This will assist us in planning the details. If special accommodations are required, please use the above contact five days before the field day. Please bring $10.00 to cover the cost of lunch (optional) and refreshments (exact change would be appreciated).
Directions: Take Route 17 (I 86) to Exit 48 (East Corning/Route 352). Follow Route 352 east for 1.5 miles. Plant Materials Center entrance is on the left. To Town Hall/Municipal Campus – Route 17 (I86) Exit 49 go south on Bridge Street., Make left at "T" onto Maple Street., go .4 miles - Big Flats Municipal Campus is on right.
3.00 Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits available. Hosted by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program in cooperation with the Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Empire State Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Visit the Plant Materials Program Web site.
