Pasture Walk Cover Crop Field Day
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 |
Date: August 25, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Pasture Walk Session
Guest Speaker – Jerry Perkins, Grazing Specialist for NRCS
Ø Rotational Grazing
Ø Rotational Grazing Hayfields and Pastures
Ø Fencing/Paddocks
Ø Heavy Use Areas
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Cover Crop Session
Guest Speaker – Hans Kok, Conservation Cropping Systems
Coordinator
Ø Types of Cover Crops
Ø Benefits of Cover Crops
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – NRCS and FSA Program Updates
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Dinner and Networking Session
(at the Dogwood Glen Golf Course Banquet Room)
Pasture Walk Location: Waldo Knight Farm – located at 10787 S.
Wayne Road, Warren, IN. - (take St. Rd. 5/218 south of Warren approximately ¾ of a mile. Farm is on the east side of the road.)
Cover Crop Location: Jerry Boyer Farm – located at 8437 S. Warren Road, Warren, IN. - (1 mile south of the I-69 and St. Rd 5 interchange, farm is located on east side of road.)
Event sponsored by Huntington County Soil & Water Conservation District
Funding for the event provided through a Clean Water Indiana Grant
and the Farm Service Agency
Dinner sponsored by:
Beacon Credit Union – Bippus State Bank – First Farmers Bank & Trust
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