Juggling Cover Crops, Manure and Reduced Tillage

Juggling Cover Crops, Manure and Reduced Tillage

An interactive online forum for farmers and researchers to share ideas and discuss what practices are working on farms.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County and the Agricultural Stewardship Association. Inc. invite farmers to join in a day-long forum on January 12^th, 2022, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Participants will hear from a panel of farmers in our region about the techniques they have used to increase their use of cover crops and reduction of tillage. In addition, Kirsten Workman will speak about her work with farmers in Vermont on manure management, and Aaron Ristow from American Farmland Trust’s Genesee River Demonstration Farm Network will speak about the results the network farmers have seen from incorporating innovative conservation practices on their farms.

The format will allow and encourage an exchange of ideas, questions and answers between participants and the farmer panel and researchers.

Agenda:

10 a.m. Welcome- Aaron Gabriel, CCE Field Crops Educator and Janet Britt, ASA Easement Steward

10:15-12:00  Farmer panel presentation followed by questions and discussion with audience.

Noon-1:00  Lunch

1:00-3:00 Kirsten Workman – Manure Management in the context of conservation cropping systems. Kirsten will focus on how to fit manure with reduced/no-till, cover crops, rotations, and precision nutrient management.

Aaron Ristow – Economic and environmental outcomes of adopting soil health practices on dairy and row crop farms.

Date: Wednesday, January 12^th, 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: 15.00 to attend via zoom. Zoom participants must provide an email address when registering so we can send you the Zoom link the day before the event.

Register online at https://caahp.ccext.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=152 by January 10, 2021 at 5 pm. If you need assistance with registration, please call Cornell Cooperative Extension at (518)765-3518 or email cce-caahp@cornell.edu.  For program questions or special accommodations contact Aaron Gabriel (adg12@cornell.edu, 518-380-1496) or Janet Britt, (janet@agstewardship.org, 518-692-7285)