Nov 19 2010 10:15 AM - 3:30 PM
*Registration and tour of cc demo at PMC 9:15 am - 10:15 am
Travel to Community Center 10:15 am - 10:30 am
Speakers 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch (provided no charge) 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Speakers 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Farmer panel/discussion 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
The demonstration at the Big Flats Plant Materials Center will provide the opportunity to observe 25 different cover crops or mixes, some with several seeding dates. Observe the establishment of rye by drilling compared to broadcasting with and without cultivation.
Sjoerd Duiker - Penn. State Department of Crop and Soil Sciences; Associate Professor soil management and applied soil physics; Presentation on his cover crop demonstration project; and update of the Pennsylvania Cover Crop Working Group and web sites.
Quirine Ketterings - Cornell University Dept. of Animal Science, Associate Professor, Nutrient Management Spear Program; Update on latest research findings on nitrogen management with cover crops.
Ray Archuleta - USDA-NRCS National Technology Support Center-East, Agronomist; The impact of cover crops on soil health and function, and case studies of diverse cover crop mixes.
Thomas Bjorkman - Cornell Dept. of Horticulture, NY Exp. Station, Geneva; Use of alternative cover crops, specifically brassicas, and some organic farming considerations.
Alan Westra - Cornell Dept. of Plant Breeding; Cover crop seed production and seed laws.
Joel Myers - Pennsylvania Farmer and Consultant; No-till and cover cropping.
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. To the Big Flats Community Center/Municipal Campus - Route 17 (I86) Exit 49 go south on Bridge St., Make left at "T" onto Maple St., go 0.4 miles, BF Municipal Campus is on right, (476 Maple St.)
5.5 CCA credits available~
Hosted by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program in cooperation with the Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Empire State Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Visit the Plant Materials Program website at: http://Plant-Materials.nrcs.usda.gov/
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